[netmilsmom]

My very liberal SIL stated that the largest growing group of AIDS patients in the US is black women. Anybody have stats that I can slam her with???

[sharkhawk]

That actually might be true, though the greatest numbers are amongs homosexuals. Transmission rates from men to women are much greater than the reverse, and there were stories a couple of month's ago about college age black men who have sex with other men, but still consider themselves straight.

[blanknoone]

It isn't the largest growing group, but it is the FASTEST growing group. Apparently significant numbers of black man are 'on the down low' and serving as an AIDS vector into the hetero black community.

It used to be that essentially no non-IV-drug using black women got AIDS. Now some are getting it from sexual contact. A moderate number of cases on a very small base = Fastest growth.

[TheSpottedOwl]

My very liberal SIL stated that the largest growing group of AIDS patients in the US is black women. Anybody have stats that I can slam her with???

I read something, probably here, stating that many black men who are bisexual or homosexual, tend to hide their preferences from the rest of the community. In other words, they pretend to be straight. If they are HIV positive, they can certainly pass this on to an unsuspecting female partner. As far as black women being the largest growing number of AIDS patients, I haven't heard that statistic.

We all know that statistics can be manipulated ;-)

[justshutupandtakeit]

Have to consider the prevalence of sex for drugs trades. These women are likely NOT drug free but associate with the injecting class of drug users.

[HamiltonJay]

Women are far more likely to catch AIDS from an infected partner than a man. Sex normally causes microscopic tears in the lining of the vagina.

I would bet the infection rate in african american females is probably quite high. Given the high drug use in the inner cities, and higher risk (unprotected) sex... I would not be suprised at all if black women are contracting aids at an alarming rate.

[Atlas Sneezed]

My very liberal SIL stated that the largest growing group of AIDS patients in the US is black women. Anybody have stats that I can slam her with???

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In any epidemic, the most at risk have the largest initial rise, and the soonest plateau and decline. Black women are less at risk, so therefore they are going to have their rise later, while the most at risk are leveled off or in decline. When Chinese cab-drivers have their first case (the number goes from zero to one) THEY will be the fastest growing group.

And the reason that Black women are the fastest growing group can easily be divined by looking at where the cases primarily occur: Miami, Houston, and NYC. Which happen to be the centers of IV drug abuse among blacks. These are women with tracks on their arms, or who have LOTS of unprotected sex with men who do, or both.

The greatest myth is that an epidemic simply takes turns, going through all populations equally ("crossing over into the heterosexual community" is the phrase), when in fact the propagation rate depends on the BEHAVIORS of those in each community. If the average infected person infects more than one other before dying, then you have a growing rate of spread. If less, then the epidemic dies out. That is why it spread like wildfire among promiscuous gays and IV sharers, and why it never went anywhere even when a few heterosexual non-drug-users were infected. Kind of like worrying that a brush fire will spread beyond the dry grassland into the adjacent swamp.

The Fumento book remains an excellent read even a decade later, with all his projections proving true.

Fumento has a collection of more recent articles on the subject at his website:
http://www.fumento.com/suaids.html

[bray]

Go to Center for Disease Control homepage and search AIDS stats. They used to show homosexual and drug shooter breakdowns. The entire disease was in those two groups that overlap. There is no outbreak in hetero female sex except with drug users and anal sex with bisexual males. Imagine if tobacco caused cancer in 1 in 4 users or lowered life expectancy 25 years. This myth needs exposure since it exposes they healthy lifestyle myth. This is an exclusive homosexual male disease!

Pray for W and The Truth

[Guillermo]

Well, if AIDS cases went from 1 to 2, that would be a 100% increase in the AIDS rate of ___ group.

[L.N. Smithee]

My very liberal SIL stated that the largest growing group of AIDS patients in the US is black women. Anybody have stats that I can slam her with???

I believe that stat is addressed in the Details article. Intravenous drug use is the main culprit, to the best of my memory.

[scripter]

You might find this helpful: HIV/AIDS Statistics. There's a lot more here.

Thanks for the ping, ER.