miles to go.

>>ok, ok. I am adding the good news. If you are an IDU who does not engage in high risk sex, (you are probably a heroin addict), your HIV risk has remained stable. needle exchange works, bitches.

released last week by the CDC:

"Cases of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2007

HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Volume 19

Highlights of Analyses

Cases of HIV/AIDS, HIV Incidence, and Cases of AIDS

Cases of HIV/AIDS

From 2004 through 2007, the estimated number of newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases in the 34 states with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting increased 15% (Table 1). In 2007, the estimated rate of HIV/AIDS cases in the 34 states was 21.1 per 100,000 population (Table 6a). ...

Sex: From 2004 through 2007, the estimated number of newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases increased approximately 18% among males and 8% among females (Table 1). In 2007, males accounted for 74% of all HIV/AIDS cases among adults and adolescents. In 2007, HIV/AIDS rates among adults and adolescents were 38.8 per 100,000 among males and 12.9 per 100,000 among females (Table 6a).

Transmission category: Among men, from 2004 through 2007, the estimated number of newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases increased among men who have sex with men (MSM) and remained stable among injection drug users (IDUs) (Table 1). The estimated numbers of HIV/AIDS diagnoses increased among male and female adults and adolescents with HIV infection attributed to high-risk heterosexual contact (heterosexual contact with a person known to have, or to be at high risk for, HIV infection). The estimated numbers of newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases decreased among female IDUs, MSM who were also IDUs, and among children. MSM (53%) and persons exposed through high-risk heterosexual contact (32%) accounted for 85% of all HIV/AIDS cases diagnosed in the 34 states in 2007.

Of all HIV infections diagnosed in 2006 in the 34 states with confidential name-based HIV reporting, 36% progressed to AIDS within 12 months after HIV infection was diagnosed. AIDS was diagnosed within 12 months after the diagnosis of HIV infection for larger percentages of persons aged 35 years and older, Hispanics/Latinos, male IDUs, and males with HIV infection attributed to high-risk heterosexual contact (Table 2)."