Alabama Hiv/aids Rate Down Slightly

In Jefferson County, the state’s most populous county, the 2012 HIV/AIDS incidence rate, or rate of new diagnoses, was 25.63 per 100,000 people. That figure gives Jefferson County the third highest HIV/AIDS incidence rate for 2012. The data sheet also shows that Alabama’s teen pregnancy rate during the past two years dropped from 32.5 to 29.6 per 1,000 females ages 10-19. On a related note, nonprofit news group ProPublica released a map showing which states have criminal laws punishing HIV-positive people who expose others to the virus, even if they take precautions such as using a condom. Alabama, which is one of the states, can charge a person “afflicted with an STD” with a class C misdemeanor for knowingly transmitting, assuming the risk of transmitting or doing any act that would likely transmit the disease to another person. You will find the original content at this website http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2013/12/02/hivaids-rate-down-slightly-according.html
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