Did YOU Know... ?

Did You Know... ?:

· In Pennsylvania 18,703 people are living with AIDS
· For every 100,000 people there are 15.2 in Pennsylvania with AIDS
· In North America, there are 1.2 Millon people ages 15+ living with HIV and AIDS
· In ages 15-49 the percentage of prevalence of having is 0.6%
· There have been 23,000 deaths of adults and children because of HIV and AIDS
· Arthur Ashe Jr. was diagnosed with HIV in 1988, and died from AIDS on February 6th, 1993
· On November 7th, 1991 Magic Johnson announced he had contracted HIV during a press conference and is still living with HIV
· AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized on December 1, 1981.
· In 2005 alone, AIDS claimed an estimated 2.4–3.3 million lives, of which more than 570,000 were children.HIV will progress to AIDS after 10-15 years.