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HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Women
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Slide 3 - Title: Proportion of AIDS Cases among Female Adults and Adolescents, by Exposure Category, 2002 United States CDC estimates that 68% of the 10,955 AIDS cases diagnosed among female adults and adolescents in 2002 can be attributed to heterosexual transmission: 15% of these cases are from heterosexual contact with an injection drug user and 53% from sexual contact with high-risk partners such as bisexual men or HIV-infected men with unspecified risks. Of the cases in female adults and adolescents, 29% were attributed to injection drug use and 3% to other or unidentified risks. Data for this slide were statistically adjusted for reporting delays and redistribution of cases initially reported without risk.
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Proportion of AIDS Cases among Female
Adults and Adolescents, by Exposure Category, 2002
United States

CDC estimates that 68% of the 10,955 AIDS cases diagnosed among female adults and adolescents in 2002 can be attributed to heterosexual transmission: 15% of these cases are from heterosexual contact with an injection drug user and 53% from sexual contact with high-risk partners such
as bisexual men or HIV-infected men with unspecified risks.

Of the cases in female adults and adolescents, 29% were attributed to injection drug use and 3% to other or unidentified risks.

Data for this slide were statistically adjusted for reporting delays and redistribution of cases initially reported without risk.

Last Updated: September 23, 2004
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