HALF of gay / bi sexual black men in the US will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns

New CDC estimates say 1 in 2 gay black men will get AIDS in their lifetime - 1 in 4 gay Hispanics will be diagnosed, as well as 1 in 11 gay white men - The overall odds of HIV infection for average American is 1 in 99 - CDC says black gay men have higher risk due to socioeconomic factors
District Columbia and Southern states have highest likelihood of infection - North Dakota has the lowest HIV risk - 1 in 670, CDC says

One in two gay and bisexual black men in the US will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In contrast, one in four gay and bisexual Hispanic men will be diagnosed - and one in 11 gay and bisexual white men.

Comparatively, the overall odds of an average American developing HIV is just one in 99.
According to the CDC, a number of factors may contribute to the higher risk HIV risk associated with gay and bisexual black men.

Those factors include socioeconomic circumstances – such as limited access to quality health care and higher levels of unemployment – smaller sexual networks and lack of awareness of HIV status.
Dr Eugene McCray, director of CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, said: 'These estimates are a sobering reminder that gay and bisexual men face an unacceptably high risk for HIV – and of the urgent need for action.

'If we work to ensure that every American has access to the prevention tools we know work, we can avoid the outcomes projected in this study.'

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