87 Ohio Counties Report AIDS Cases

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87 Ohio Counties Report AIDS Cases

United Press International (12/26/96)

Abstract: According to a recently released report from the Ohio Department of Health, 87 of the state's 88 counties have reported at least one case of AIDS. Of the reported cases, 10 percent were among the 57 counties with fewer than 500,000 residents. Moreover, rural Ohio counties have an annual AIDS rate of 3.2 per 100,000 residents--just one-third of the annual rate in urban areas. Cuyahoga County has the greatest number of AIDS cases per 100,000 residents--18.2; Hamilton County has a 15.43 rate; and Franklin County's rate is 14.3 per 100,000. Noble County is the only Ohio region not report a case of AIDS since 1981, but officials note that some residents with AIDS may have moved into the county after being diagnosed. Some 65 percent of reported AIDS cases have resulted in death, and officials estimate that some 16,000 to 18,000 Ohio residents are HIV positive. The Department of Health based its report on HIV and AIDS data collected over a 15-year period.

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