Scientists have observed a rise in the number of HIV/AIDS cases among adults 50 and older over the course of the epidemic.
Diane Zablotsky, UNC Charlotte Associate Professor of Sociology, pointed out that "historically when you looked at AIDS diagnoses people 50 and older accounted for 10 percent of all diagnoses", and the number was up to 12.5 by 2007 in America.
Quiz on HIV / AIDS
Statistics tell us that the world HIV+ population has risen drastically from 8 million in 1990 to a whopping 33 million in 2007! Even more alarming is the fact that young people (below the age of 25) account for half of these infections! This is adequate proof for the lack of awareness among the general public even in these modern times. So take our quiz and brush up on the essential facts of HIV/AIDS.
There are 10 questions on HIV / AIDS in this quiz that will explore the depth of your knowledge and provide answers to the following:
Statistics tell us that the world HIV+ population has risen drastically from 8 million in 1990 to a whopping 33 million in 2007! Even more alarming is the fact that young people (below the age of 25) account for half of these infections! This is adequate proof for the lack of awareness among the general public even in these modern times. So take our quiz and brush up on the essential facts of HIV/AIDS.
There are 10 questions on HIV / AIDS in this quiz that will explore the depth of your knowledge and provide answers to the following:
- Immune control of HIV ()
- Symptoms of HIV/AIDS ()
- Cure for AIDS ()
- Acute HIV syndrome ()
- World AIDS day ()
- Western blot ()
Zablotsky, in an analysis of National Health Interview data, discovered that almost half of women over age 50 were totally uninformed about HIV, compared with only 14 percent of younger adults.
She said: "When I first started my work, when we were trying to explore the situation with HIV generally, our first approach was to alert people that this [HIV/AIDS] was something that people across the life course need to know about.
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