According to the CDC, young black women are at 15 times higher risk for HIV infection in the U.S. than white women and at 3 times higher risk than Hispanic, or Latina, women. From 2000 to 2007, HIV-attributed deaths were amongst the top 10 causes of deaths for black women aged 10 to 54 years of age. In 2009, 24% of documented cases of HIV were in women, of which black women represented more than half, at 57%.
Socioeconomic factors play a large part in why HIV may have higher transmission rates in certain populations. Limited access to high quality healthcare, exchange of sex for drugs, money, food or other needs, and increased levels of substance abuse are often more prevalent in low socioeconomic groups, and increases the risk of HIV transmission. It is possible that the reason for higher rates of HIV in black women than in other ethnic groups is less a question of race than socioeconomic representation.
According to the CDC, young black women are at 15 times higher risk
for HIV infection in the U.S. than white women and at 3 times
higher risk than Hispanic, or Latina, women. From 2000 to 2007,
HIV-attributed deaths were amongst the top 10...
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According to the CDC, young black women are at 15 times higher risk for HIV infection in the U.S. than white women and at 3 times higher risk than Hispanic, or Latina, women. From 2000 to 2007, HIV-attributed deaths were amongst the top 10 causes of deaths for black women aged 10 to 54 years of age. In 2009, 24% of documented cases of HIV were in women, of which black women represented more than half, at 57%.
