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Official says Africa AIDS epidemic impacts Iowa

November 24, 2004 By admin

State health officials say the AIDS epidemic in Africa is having some impact in Iowa, too. One out of every ten Iowa residents who has been diagnosed with H-I-V is foreign born. Randy Mayer is the H-I-V/AIDS surveillance coordinator for the state of Iowa. Mayer says he and other officials have been closely watching the number of foreign-born people living in Iowa who were being diagnosed with H-I-V or AIDS because it had been increasing dramatically since 1999. But in 2002 and 2003, the trend slowed. Mayer says some of that is due to a decline in the number of hispanics who’re diagnosed with H-I-V and AIDS. Mayer guesses that may be because of enhanced border controls after 9/11, but he says there continues to be an increase in the number of African-born people who’re living in Iowa and diagnosed with H-I-V or AIDS. At the end of September, 12-hundred-seven Iowans had been diagnosed with H-I-V or AIDS. The majority of Iowa residents who have H-I-V are white. About 18 percent are black and about eight percent are hispanic. Twelve percent are foreign-born. The average age of an Iowan who’s diagnosed with H-I-V is 39. Mayer says that goes against pre-conceived notions about the typical person with H-I-V or AIDS. “A large percentage of our cases are male; they tend to be older at the time of diagnosis,” Mayer says.

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