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United Press International - Monday, March 29, 1999
HIV-related deaths dropped 19 percent last year and that togeather with a 39 percent decline in 1997 and a 29 percent drop in 1996 adds up to a 65 percent drop in HIV-related deaths since 1995.
Florida Department of Health Secretary Dr. Robert Brooks says life- extending drugs and preventive therapy have had an impact.
The greatest number of HIV-related deaths occurred among black men, 559 and among black women, 405. Blacks now account for 63 percent of the HIV-releated deaths in Florida although they comprise only 14 percent of Florida's population.
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