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Health Status > Adolescents
ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT HIV/AIDS
In 2003, 3,897 people between 13 and 24 years
of age were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS,* representing 12 percent of
all diagnoses. The number of AIDS cases diagnosed among this age
group was 2,050 in 2003, and 38,490 since the epidemic began in
the early 1980s.
There were 13,752 people 13 to 24 years of age living with HIV/AIDS
in 2003, representing approximately 4 percent of all cases. Among
people who died with AIDS in 2003, just over 1 percent (237 persons)
were 13 to 24 years of age. Since the beginning of the epidemic,
over 10,000 adolescents and young adults have died with the disease.
While the number of people living with HIV/AIDS has increased in
recent years, the number dying with the disease has decreased due
in part to the availability of effective prescription drugs to combat
the disease.
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Stacked Bar Chart: Number of Persons Ages 13-24 Diagnosed
with and Living with HIV/AIDS, and Dying with AIDS, by Age: 2003
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