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Racial Disparities in HIV Among Women

From 1998 to 2005, HIV-related mortality gradually decreased among white women aged 45 to 54 but steadily increased among black women in the same age group.

Published in Journal Watch HIV/AIDS Clinical Care April 13, 2009

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). QuickStats: Death rates for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease among women, by race and age group — United States, 1987–2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009 Mar 27; 58:286. (http://tinyurl.com/dadabc)

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