AIDS in the Circle City
Solutions
As the AIDS epidemic only continues to worsen, it is our job to look at the people who are becoming infected and learn how to treat them and prevent more people from joining their ranks. To begin, let us look at where the problem lies. Then, move on to the solutions to Indiana’s problems.
In Indiana, the epidemic has traditionally been much more prevalent in the male population. Of the cumulative AIDS cases, over 87% of them are men. The reason for such a high number is that the most frequent mode of transmission is men who have sex with men (MSM). With 60% of all AIDS cases being transmitted through MSM, it is far and away the most common mode of transmission. This category of HIV/AIDS sufferers knows no race, as it is most often the highest kind of transmission among male HIV/AIDS patients in Indiana and Marion County. In the beginning, the majority of the patients were white. As time has worn on, the number of non-white cases has increased, however. The number of women who become infected with HIV/AIDS has sharply increased as well. Not only does MSM continue to be a challenge to the prevention of the spread of the virus, but now intravenous drug use (IDU) and heterosexual sex have become popular new ways to infect others.
(for more specific numbers and tables, go here)
