New HIV Infections Among Women

Women - A Population Hard Hit By HIV

Of new HIV infections among women in the United States, the CDC estimates that approximately 75 percent of women were infected through heterosexual sex and 25 percent through injection drug use. Of newly infected women, approximately 64 percent are black, 18 percent are white, 18 percent are Hispanic, and a small percentage are members of other racial/ethnic groups.

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_{Source - The Centers for Disease Control; HIV and AIDS Surveillance Statistics; 2004.}

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