United States
Women have become the fastest-increasing new group of patients living with
AIDS in the United States—and they as a group are being continually
overlooked. The death rate for AIDS is another strong indicator of the
increasing AIDS epidemic for women in the US: deaths declined in men by 15%
but increased among women by 3%.* According to the Center for Disease
Controls (CDC), women account for a steadily increasing proportion of AIDS
cases across the US, representing 26% of cases diagnosed during the first
half of 2000. And since 1996, an average of approximately 10,500 cases of
AIDS has been diagnosed in women each year, totaling 45,907 cases by
2000.** Furthermore, the number of AIDS cases for women continues a steady
growth, specifically in the south.***
For more information on HIV/AIDS rates in the United States, refer to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Web site.
North Carolina
North Carolina has
one of the largest populations of women living with HIV/AIDS in the south.
According to the CDC, in the year 2000, 2,618 women are living with HIV
infection and 756 women have AIDS (see slide on page 2).** Women with AIDS
in North Carolina represent 1.6% of the total of cases across the nation.
Wake County
With a population of 655,642 in 2001, Wake County has a total of 400
confirmed AIDS cases (all races, both male and female). Of those 400 cases
(see chart below), 112 were women (9 white, 103 other races).**** So much
AIDS awareness education, funding and support services have been focused in
larger metropolitan areas, with a higher population of residents and what
seemed to be a higher probability of increasing AIDS cases. The statistics
support the notion that disease can strike anywhere, anyone, anytime.
Read current HIV/STD/AIDS Surveillance statistics for North Carolina online.
Community Needs
The population of women in
Wake
County
will increase by 4.4% over the next year.***** The population of women
diagnosed with AIDS will increase by over 3% for the next two years,****
further supporting that the AIDS epidemic for women has not yet plateaued,
especially in the south, particularly in North Carolina (see chart below).
There is a definite need for the type of housing and support programs that
Glory House provides in Wake County and the surrounding community. With the
proper funding, Glory House can continue offering the support that a very
definite population of women in our community need.
HOMELESSNESS
Coming soon.
MENTAL ILLNESS
Coming soon.
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*Phillips,
Pat. “No Plateau for HIV/AIDS Epidemic in US Women.” JAMA.
1997;277:1747–1749.
**“HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Women.” Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention—National
Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention.
March
1, 2002; L264 slide series (through 2000).
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/graphics/women.htm.
***Pascale M. Wortley & Patricia L. Fleming. “AIDS in Women in the United
States: Recent Trends.” JAMA. 1997; 278:911–916.
****Based on
statistics from the North Carolina
Center for Health Statistics; Morbidity workbook.
http://www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/healthstats/databook/
*****Based on statistics of Wake County female population. US Census
Bureau.
www.census.gov.
Community Demographics
AIDS
North Carolina
Wake County
North Carolina
Wake County
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