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Mon Dec 01, 2008 at 06:37:48 PM EST
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Today is the 20th year observing World AIDS Day. Capitol Quickies blog has a good piece providing a summary of where NJ stands: According to the state Department of Health & Senior Services, more than 35,000 persons were reported living with HIV or AIDS in New Jersey, with minorities accounting for 76 percent of adult and adolescent cases and 78 percent of all persons living with the disease.
State-level data indicates the number of new cases of HIV/AIDS in New Jersey dropped to 924 last year, smallest since annual records began to be kept in 1990. At its peak in 1992, 6,593 cases were identified in a single year and 4,071 deaths were recorded. Last year, 29 deaths in HIV/AIDS cases were reported ? the smallest number on record, and down every year since 1992, or 15 straight years of declines.
The Health Department says New Jersey ranks fifth among the states with more than 70,890 cumulative AIDS cases and has one of the highest percentages of women who have the disease. The proportion of cases resulting from drug use is down, though still high, while the share of people exposed through sexual contact is rising.
They also provided county and municipal statistics. The numbers appear to be trending down, but there is still much more to be done. Consider this an open thread to share your thoughts, opinions and feelings twenty years later. How has AIDS affected you, your friends or your family?
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