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As is often heard, knowledge
is power. This is especially true when it comes to
communicating the effects of
HIV and AIDS to our potential donors. Of course, there’s
no substitute for the sharing of the personal experience
many of us have had with HIV and AIDS, and how it has
affected us and those we love. If you don’t have
a personal story to tell about HIV and AIDS, you will
likely learn a lot from the other members of your NorCal
AIDS Challenge community.
Local Statistics
Please consider the following few statistics as related
to the inland northern California region:
- more than 5,000 people are infected with HIV and
another 2,000 people are living with AIDS.
- the number
of new infections continues to increase; e.g. 8%
more people were infected in 2002 than in 2001.
- more
than half of all new infections are in people under
the age of 25 and among communities of color.
- the
average cost of medication and treatment for a
person living with AIDS is $20,000 annually.
- AIDS is still a chronic and fatal disease, which
often pushes those living with it into poverty.
Our route was deliberately configured to pass through
as much of our beneficiary service area as possible.
The following table lists the number of AIDS-related
deaths since 1982 for each of the counties on our route.
You can see that even the most isolated and rural areas
have been impacted by AIDS.
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Sacramento
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Sutter
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Yuba
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Glenn
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Butte
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Tehama
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Colusa
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Yolo
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3269
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59
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62
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14
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231
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26
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12
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203
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Since
1981, there have been 129,166 people diagnosed with
AIDS in California, with 48,401 [37.5%] of them living. These
figures are courtesy of the California
Department of Health Services/Office of AIDS
Other
local statistics may be obtained at the following sites: Center
for AIDS Research Education and Services
Breaking
Barriers Community Services Center
Other
Sources of Information
Statistics
and General Information
National
statistics provided by CDC
Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
MSNBC
AIDS front page
AEGIS
[AIDS
Education Global Information System] - news
service, in-depth HIV topics, law library, publications,
and references.
AIDS
Education and Research Trust [AVERT] -
includes comprehensive HIV information, printable resources,
and quizzes.
AIDS
Org – the latest AIDS-treatment news, conference
listings, and a bookstore.
The
Body - comprehensive HIV/AIDS information
in more than 550 topic areas.
American
Social Health Association - STI facts and quick
access to national hotlines.
Live
AIDS "Clock" - updated live with the
most current statistics available.
150
Basic AIDS Facts
The
HIV/AIDS Search Engine
Names
Project Quilt
Gay
Men's Health Crisis
American
Medical Association
The
Body
Treatment
Information
Project
Inform
AIDS
Info
AIDS
Treatment News
Publications
POZ
Magazine
Test
Positive Aware Network
Sexuality
Information and Education Council of the United
States
Prevention
and Safer Sex
The
Safer Sex Page
Organizations
engaged in AIDS vaccine research The
UCLA AIDS Institute
The
Center for AIDS Research at Emory
The
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center |
