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Female AIDS cases, aged 13 and older, by exposure category* and race/ethnicity,**
2003 (horizontal bar chart): Heterosexual contact: non-Hispanic
(NH) White, 809; NH Black, 3,253; Hispanic, 1,055. Injection drug
use: NH White, 557; NH Black, 1,277; Hispanic, 385. Coagulation disorder
and receipt of blood/blood components: NH White, 21; NH Black, 65;
Hispanic, 28. Other/undetermined: NH White, 522; NH Black, 2,734;
Hispanic, 630. *Each reported case of AIDS is assigned to one exposure
category, even if more than one risk factor is present, according
to the probability of acquiring the infection from each risk behavior.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 2003, Vol. 15. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasrlink.htm *Each reported case of AIDS is assigned to one exposure category, even if more than one risk factor is present, according to the probability of acquiring the infection from each risk behavior. **Numbers for Asian/Pacific Islanders and American Indian/Alaska Natives are too small to illustrate on graph.
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