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(BW) (GA-DEPT-OF-HUMAN-RESOUR) Aids Update

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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 1996--Cumulative number of AIDS cases in Georgia since 1981, as reported to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health, Epidemiology and Prevention Branch, AIDS Surveillance.

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Reported as of October 31, 1996

CASES DEATHS

Adults 16,412 Adults 9,331

Children (0-13) 172 Children (0-13) 94

Total 16,584 Total 9,425

SEX RACE

Male 14,221 White 6,829 Female 2,363 African American 9,428 Hispanic 302 Other 25

RISK BEHAVIOR

IV drug use 3,122

Homosexual/bisexual male contact 8,614

Both IV drug use and homosexual/bisexual male contact 984

Heterosexual contact 1,765 Born to parent with AIDS/HIV 158

Other(a) 1,941

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(a) People who could not be reached for interviewing, people who received contaminated blood or blood products before screening began in March 1985, and others whose risk factor could not be determined.

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REPORTED CASES OF AIDS BY HEALTH UNIT - STATE OF GEORGIA

JANUARY 1980 - OCTOBER 1996

N = 16,584

Albany 557

Athens 209

Atlanta 11,484

Augusta 870

Brunswick 235

Columbus 519

Dalton 120

Dublin 83

Gainesville 139

LaGrange 421

Macon 453

Rome 185

Savannah 790

Valdosta 187

Waycross 332

REPORTED CASES OF AIDS BY HEALTH UNIT IN METRO ATLANTA

JANUARY 1980 - OCTOBER 31, 1996

N = 11,484

Clayton 280

Cobb 630

DeKalb 2385

Fulton 7724

Gwinnett 465

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