For over a
decade, the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) has consistently had one of the highest
prevalence rates of HIV infection in the nation. The USVI (with a total population of approximately 109,750) had the highest rate of adults and
adolescents (per capita) living with a diagnosis of HIV in 2005.
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By the end of
2007 the USVI had an estimated HIV rate of 641.3 adults and adolescents per
capita living with a diagnosis of HIV, making it the second highest HIV rate
per capita in the nation (for states with reported rates). Since 2010, this
rate slightly declined to the 3rd highest rate in the United States. By the end
of 2013, the USVI still had the 3rd highest rate of people living with HIV
(705.8/100,000), as well as the 3rd highest rate (385.8/100,000) of
adults/adolescents living with an AIDS diagnosis in the U.S.. The USVI is also
considered a “geographic hot spot” according to the White House’s National
HIV/AIDS Strategic plan. Read more>>>>>>
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