HIV hits U.S. blacks harder than whites - AIDS - MSNBC.com: ATLANTA - African American men are nearly seven times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than white men, according to a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Thursday.
Blacks represent 13 percent of the U.S. population but account for nearly half of Americans living with the disease and 40 percent of AIDS deaths and 61 percent of all new diagnoses of people aged 13-24 are black.
The report, which is based on 2001-2005 data, does not reveal a dramatic increase in the rate of HIV infection among African Americans and it shows a significant decline in black mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
