WHAT ARE THE STATISTICS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING HIV?

APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION AMERICANS ARE HIV POSITIVE

LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES/FEMALES

OHIO RANKS APPROXIMATELY 14TH OUT OF THE 50 STATES FOR HIV

25,000 OHIOANS INFECTED WITH HIV

OVER 40 MILLION PEOPLE INFECTED WORLDWIDE

MEN HAVING SEX WITH MEN HIGHEST RISK CATEGORY 

FEMALES HAVING SEX WITH MEN ARE THE SECOND HIGHEST RISK CATEGORY

INJECTION DRUG USERS ARE THE THIRD HIGHEST RISK CATEGORY

13-24 AGE GROUP HAS THE MOST NEW CASES OF HIV

1 IN EVERY 4 HIV CASES IS TO TEENAGERS

YOU CANNOT GET HIV BY:  MOSQUITO BITES, TOILET SEATS, IT IS NOT AIRBORNE, NOT SURFACE BORNE, KISSING (DEEP FRENCH KISSING NO EVIDENCE), SALIVA, TEARS, SWEAT, URINE (UNLESS BLOOD), FECES (UNLESS BLOOD), COOKING UTENSILS, CUPS, PLATES, TOWELS, BEDDING, TELEPHONES, SWIMMING POOLS, OR BITING INSECTS.

YOU CAN GET HIV BY THE CATEGORIES AND BEHAVIORS LISTED BELOW:  Blood to blood contact (intravenous drug usage high risk due to needle/syringe sharing), blood transfusions (rare), unprotected sex (not using a condom and/or not using in properly), and vertical transmission (from mother to child during pregnancy/childbirth/breastfeeding).