Do you know, among all US cities, Washington D.C has the highest rate of AIDS?! It has been reported by city health officials, released on Monday. People living in Washington are not being tested for HIV and come up with the infection at advanced stage that quickly develops to AIDS.
According to the report, Washington with a population of 600,000 has 128 cases of AIDS per 100,000 of its people in 2006. The rate is higher than the national average of 14 AIDS cases per 100,000 people. More and more babies are born with HIV infections every year, with the city accounting for 9 percent of all pediatric AIDS cases in USA during 2005.
The black population accounts for 80 percent of HIV infected in Washington. More than 8,300 had fully progressed AIDS and 224 died of it in 2006. 37 percent of the infections result from heterosexual contact.
It seems that the US government is less concerned about the health of its citizens and more concerned with fighting wars on foreign lands.
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Source: reuters
