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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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