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From: daly@nybcb.UUCP (daly)
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Subject: Re: Shift in AIDS risk groups
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Date: Mon, 18-Nov-85 14:38:49 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 18 14:38:49 1985
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>From cmcl2!harvard!bbnccv!bbncca!rrizzo Thu Nov 14 13:05:13 1985
>Subject: Shift in ADIS risk groups?
>Newsgroups: net.motss,net.med
>
>BTW, here's something a friend in New York recently told me: among
>NEW CASES of AIDS in NYC, gay and bisexual cases account for just
>over 50%, while the rest are heterosexual (mainly intravenous drug
>users and their spouses/lovers/offspring).  If true (& my friend's
>well-informed), this would represent a nearly 20% drop in gay and
>bisexual cases, among NEW case, that is.  For years the proportion
>of gay/bisexual cases has maintained a steady 70-71%.
>
						>Ron Rizzo
Working in the New York Blood Center, I read net.med & net.motss because
I'm curious as to what people are saying about AIDS. The above article
implies that there is a shift in the AIDS risk group. I just thought I'd
share the something with the folks in this group.  

The Vice-President Of The Greater New York Blood Program gave a lecture
on AIDS about a month ago & passed out some literature the Blood Program 
put together & this is how the stats on risk groups go:

     As of 9/9/85 there have been 13,074 cases of AIDS reported.
       Homosexuel/Bisexuel                     9482       (73%)
       Intravenous Drug Users                  2189       (16%)
       Hemophiliacs                              98       ( 1%)
       Heterosexual Contracts of Above Groups   130       ( 1%)
       Child with parents with AIDS
         or at risk for AIDS                    117       ( 1%)
       Transfusion with Blood Products          225       ( 2%)
       None of the Above                        883       ( 6%)

883 is a large number to be "None of the above", but what can I say, I 
didn't prepare the stats. I just figured folks out there might be interested.