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Usually when having blood work done or any matters of medical work being done, patient confidentiality is in play, Currently we dont know the Exact percentage since patients medical records are kept confidential unless signing a form of release.

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  • Roughly one million people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States.
  • Since the start of the AIDS epidemic, 1.5 million Americans have been infected with HIV and more than 524,000 have died of AIDS.
  • At least 40,000 people are infected each year.
  • African Americans account for 48% of new HIV infections.
  • AIDS is the leading cause of death for African American women aged 25 to 34 and HIV rates among Hispanic women are increasing.
  • The number of women living with HIV has tripled in the last two decades.
  • At least half of all new infections are among people under the age of 25.
  • Washington, DC has the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in the United States - one in 20 people are living with HIV or AIDS.
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In 2005, one half of newly diagnosed HIV infections were in gay men; the other half were in other people.

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Estimates vary but at least 1,000,000 people are infected and at least 250,000 of those people are unaware that they are infected.

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I doubt that any solid statistics on that topic would be too difficult to find, but If you are concerned there are many AIDS benefits and walkathons you can attend to help.

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It is unknown.

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100 percent

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