(Huffington Post) — Just a few days before the AIDS Walk in Los Angeles will take place on Oct. 16, the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published a report stating that African Americans and Hispanics are the groups most affected by HIV.
African Americans represent approximately 14 percent of the population in the United States and Hispanics make up approximately 16 percent of the population, according to 2010 census data. But the CDC report shows they are disproportionately affected by HIV — African Americans account for 44 percent of the 48,100 new HIV cases diagnosed in 2009, while Hispanics account for 20 percent of the new HIV cases. In 2009, African American men had the highest rates of new HIV cases (103.9 new cases for every 100,000 people), followed by Hispanic men (39.9) and African American women (39.7).
