MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY ON-LINE

Total AIDS cases in US as of end of 1999: 733,374

    Of these:

        82% were men
        18% were women
        1% were less than 13 years old
        43% were whites
        37% were blacks
        18% were Hispanics
        <1% were Asians and Pacific Islanders
        47% were men who have sex with men
        25%  were intravenous drug users
        10% were infected heterosexually
        2% were infected by blood products or blood transfusions