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The New York Times - Saturday, December 1, 1984
The number of AIDS cases in New York City continued to increase this year and remains the city's most critical health problem, Dr. David J. Sencer, the city's Health Commissioner, said yesterday.
Dr. Sencer said that in the first six months of 1984 the city had 113 reported cases a month of AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
This compared with 71 a month in the first six months of 1983. However, he said, "there has been no geometric progression of cases, as initially feared."
The National Centers for Disease Control reported Thursday that 6,993 cases of AIDS had been reported since 1981. More than 40 percent of the cases have occurred here.
AIDS destroys the body's immune system and is regarded as ultimately fatal for most victims.
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