733 HIV Testing Among Women Aged 18-44 Years--United States, 1991 and 1993

MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 30, 1996/Vol. 45/No. 34
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

SUMMARY: 733 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among women and children in the United States. In 1995, of the 73,380 acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases reported, women accounted for 13,764 (19%). HIV infection is the third leading causes of death among all U.S. women aged 25-44 yers and the leading cause of death among black women in this age group. Moreover, an estimated 7000 infants are born to HIV-infected women in the United States each year; without intervention, approximately 15%-30% of these infants would be infected.

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