On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:09:22 GMT, Jenn
wrote:
>LOL. You can't produce it because it doesn't exist, of course.
But, Uglee, it does exist and you know that it exist. That's why you
keep trying to suppress it.
Here you have it again, UG! Straight from the meth sucking, dick
licking mouth of a "PlanetOut" homo:
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U.S. data: HIV infects more gay men
Christopher Curtis, PlanetOut Network
Despite overall HIV infection rates remaining relatively stable in the
United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
said Wednesday that infections among men who have . with men (MSM)
continue to rise.
According to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which
analyzes data from 32 U.S. states, HIV infections among MSM increased
11 percent between 2000 and 2003.
The CDC held a press conference Wednesday, coinciding with World AIDS
Day, during which Dr. Ronald O. Valdiserri, director of the CDC's
HIV/AIDS prevention program, observed that an estimated
850,000-950,000 persons in the United States are living with HIV.
The CDC believes out of that number, 180,000-280,000 do not know they
are infected.
Dr. Valdiserri claimed 40,000 people are infected each year with HIV,
and that 44 percent of all diagnoses during 2000-2003 are MSM. But
Valdiserri admitted with this latest round of figures that he was not
certain whether the numbers came from increases in the outbreak of
HIV, or simply more diagnoses.
"As we are more successful in our efforts to reach out to these
somewhere between 180,000 and 280,000 persons who are infected with
HIV and don't know it, we would expect to see increased rates of
HIV/AIDS diagnosis, which may not have anything to do with increasing
rates of new infections," he said.
But Valdiserri added that he could not say whether these latest
numbers were due to testing or behavior. He added, "When we look at
the trends in syphilis we are very concerned."
Researchers at the CDC believe syphilis outbreaks not only show that
risky behavior has taken place, but they also make those who have the
disease more vulnerable to HIV infection. Earlier this week the CDC
released national statistics about patterns of STD infections,
including those among men who have . with men.
Dr. Valdiserri said there was also a "tremendous concern about
methamphetamine use in the gay and bi.ual community." The use of the
drug leads to unsafe activity and was actually linked to outbreaks of
syphilis, he said.
"We need to pay close attention to this population," Valdiserri said
of MSM. "We need as a society to develop prevention strategies that
are in keeping with 2004."
In related news, nation's largest LGBT rights group issued a report
card Wednesday giving the Bush administration a failing grade on HIV
prevention.
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How about a brief look north of the border:
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Modelling the impact of HIV disease on mortality in gay and
bi.ual men.
Hogg RS, Strathdee SA, Craib KJ, O'Shaughnessy MV, Montaner JS,
Schechter MT.
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St Paul's
Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
OBJECTIVE: To assess how HIV infection and AIDS (HIV/AIDS) impacts
on mortality rates for gay and bi.ual men. METHODS: Vital statistics
data were obtained for a large Canadian urban centre from 1987 to
1992. Three scenarios were utilized with assumed proportions of gay
and bi.ual men of 3%, 6% and 9% among the male population age 20
years. For each scenario, non-HIV deaths were distributed according to
the assumed proportion of the total population (3%, 6% or 9%) but 95%
of HIV deaths were distributed to gay and bi.ual men as this is the
proportion of AIDS cases in gay and bi.ual men in this centre. The
main outcome measures of interest were age-specific patterns of death,
life expectancy and life expectancy lost due to HIV/AIDS at exact age
20 years, and the probability of living from age 20 to 65 years.
RESULTS: Estimates of the mid-period gay and bi.ual population
ranged from 5406 to 16,219 for the three scenarios, and total deaths
in these men from 953 to 1703. Age-specific mortality was
significantly higher for gay and bi.ual men than all men aged 30-44.
Life expectancy at age 20 for gay and bi.ual men ranged from 34.0
years to 46.3 years for the 3% and 9% scenarios respectively. These
were all lower than the 54.3 year life expectancy at age 20 for all
men. The probability of living from age 20 to 65 years for gay and
bi.ual men ranged from 32% for the 3% scenario, to 59% for the 9%
scenario. These figures were considerably lower than for all men where
the probability of living from 20 to 65 was 78%. CONCLUSION: In a
major Canadian centre, life expectancy at age 20 years for gay and
bi.ual men is 8 to 20 years less than for all men. If the same
pattern of mortality were to continue, we estimate that nearly half of
gay and bi.ual men currently aged 20 years will not reach their 65th
birthday. Under even the most liberal assumptions, gay and bi.ual
men in this urban centre are now experiencing a life expectancy
similar to that experienced by all men in Canada in the year 1871.
PMID: 9222793 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9222793&dopt=Abstract
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