Table: Reported Rank of Death by HIV According to Race & Age, within the 20 Leading Causes of Death, USA, 2002
| Age (years) Race: |
1-4 |
5-9 |
10-14 |
15-24 |
25-34 |
35-44 |
45-54 |
55-64 |
65+ |
All |
| Black |
13 |
12 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
20 |
7 |
| Hispanic |
|
|
12 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
|
13 |
| White |
|
|
19 |
17 |
6 |
6 |
10 |
19 |
|
|
| AI/AN* |
|
|
|
14 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
|
|
18 |
| Asian/PI** |
|
|
|
|
7 |
7 |
14 |
17 |
|
|
| All Other |
|
|
|
17 |
7 |
8 |
14 |
19 |
|
|
| All Races |
18 |
|
14 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
14 |
|
19 |
* American Indian/Alaskan Native ** Asian/Pacific Islander
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars Accessed 05 JAN 22
The table above demonstrates that during 2002, Blacks were the only ethnic group in the United States, where HIV/AIDS ranked among the top twenty killers at every standard age group after one year of age through 65 years and older. This is part of the reason HARPI is needed here and now at Chicago State University in the College of Health Sciences. No one else looks comprehensively at this deplorable pattern of death by HIV/AIDS in the same way, although the data are easily available. Adequate prevention and treatment can change this pattern. HIV/AIDS deaths were reported for Blacks at each cohort after five years of age among the top twenty killers in 2003 (accessed 06 FEB 2006 www.cdc.gov/ncip/wisqars).
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