Cedar AIDS Support System has a table at the World Vision Experience. Here are just a few of the facts about HIV/AIDS in Iowa:
- There were 127 HIV diagnoses in 2007, the most since HIV reporting began in 1998. These diagnoses represent a 12% increase over 2006 and exceed the previous high of 117 diagnoses in 2005.
- HIV diagnoses among persons 45 years of age and older have more than doubled since 2003. In 2007, there were 41 diagnoses among those 45 yrs. and older compared to 18 in 2003.
- There were 1,910 persons thought to be living with HIV/AIDS in Iowa on December 31, 2007.
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Wow. And, I live naively thinking it's not close to me... what interesting statistics. The story on the board outside the village about the HIV mom shook me. How sad they told people her hubby had cancer instead of AIDS because of how he would be treated...in America. So eye opening. Something is wrong with that picture... So much to learn... JH
One of my classmates from rural Iowa-I had a class of 40-died of AIDS a few years back. Her husband also died. (She got it from him.) They left behind 3 orphan children. It is not just in Africa.
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