Black Men and AIDS in New York City

The New York Times reports:

In the decade since effective drug treatments for AIDS have slashed death rates across the country, black New Yorkers continue to fall ill — and die — at startling rates, according to new data from the city health department.

Today, one in five black men in New York City between 40 and 49 have H.I.V. or AIDS. Black women, meanwhile, account for 34 percent of new AIDS cases, up from 12 percent 20 years ago. Further, heterosexual sex has now replaced drug use as the most common means of transmission of the virus to women, creating a more difficult terrain for health care workers.

Life in New York city.