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Miami Herald - June 26, 2005
* REACH 2010 research showed that 12 of 53 zip codes in Broward County accounted for about 73 percent the reported AIDS cases among the county's black and Hispanic population from 1994 through 1999. The figures haven't changed drastically.
* New reported AIDS cases in Broward have increased 49 percent from 2003 to 2004. The jump from 676 cases in 2003 to 1,010 in 2004 is the fastest increase in Florida.
* Broward ranks second in Florida behind Miami-Dade in the number of reported new AIDS cases with 1,010.
* Cumulatively through 2003, Florida ranked third with 94,725 reported AIDS cases behind New York and California.
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