Facts About Black Women and AIDS
· Black women, who comprise only 12 to 13 percent of the U.S. population, account for approximately 70 percent of new AIDS cases.
· One out of 160 Black women is HIV positive, compared to one in 3,000 white women.
· Approximately 20 Black women in America become infected with HIV every day.
· 67% of black women with HIV contracted it from heterosexual sex.
· Black women are more than a dozen times as likely to be infected with HIV than their white counterparts.
· AIDS has become one of the top three causes of death for Black women aged 25-34.