These 10 Cities Have The Highest Rates Of HIV In America
In advance of World AIDS Day, Get Tested has released information on the cities with the highest rates of HIV infection.
Miami tops the list, with more than 52,000 people living with HIV, a reported spike of 23% from past reports. While it and several other cities on the list, are known as gay meccas, others are not.
Below, view the full list.
1. Miami
2. New Orleans
3. Baton Rogue
4. Jackson, Mississippi
5. Washington, DC
6. Baltimore
7. Memphis
8. Atlanta
9. New York
10. Jacksonville, FL
Get Tested also examined which cities have the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses. Baton Rouge topped the list with 44.7 new cases of the virus per 100,000 people, per the CDC.
Most of the cities on both lists are in the South, where the average rate of infection is 18.5 per 100,000. That's in comparison to the Northeast (14.2), Midwest (8.2) and West Coast (11.2).
In all, more than 44,000 people contracted HIV last year, and men who have sex with men accounting for 67%. Rates of new infections are going down across the board, except among young gay/bi men, where they continue to spike.
Some cities have made major inroads in addressing HIV: In San Fransisco, education and increased access to PrEP has seen infection rates go down by a third.
h/t: NBC News
