Stephon Hamell

Core 116

Professor Yoshino

 

My Story

            As a county, Oneida County, is below the national rate of cumulative HIV/Aids cases per 100,000(refer to table 1). Deep into Oneida County is my small hometown, Utica, NY. In terms of total cases, Utica is indeed the largest. I believe Utica is the largest because of the large number of immigration. Every Year many travel to run in Utica’s famous Boilermaker. Maybe they have stayed and brought the disease with them.

 

 

 

 

Solutions

            My solution to solving Oneida County’s HIV/Aids problem is… to do nothing. Given that the rate of cumulative HIV/Aids cases is less than the national average amongst Oneida County citizens, I conclude there is no real big issue. However, I firmly believe New York State Correctional facilities need help.

            As I analyzed the number and compared just the Oneida County correctional facilities, I stumbled upon a number that was three times the national rate. I suppose as a County and state we mandate HIV/Aids testing for inmates. If positive that prisoner should receive treatment and taken out of the general public. We can no longer deny that sexual encounter between inmates does not take place, because neither of the four prisons allow conjugal visits, yet their rate of new Aids cases is very high. To remove those that have HIV/Aids from the rest of the inmates reduces the risk of sexual encounter with the infectious person, greatly reducing the easily spreading of the disease. 

 

 

 

 

                   
  table 1                
                   
      Cumulative Aids Cases IN Zip Codes of Oneida County            
        (Data as of 12/31/05)          
                   
                   
Zip    Total Pop.   Comulative Aid Cases     Rate    
                   
13504   2,192   3     139    
13309   5,942   3     50    
13316   6,664   3     45    
13403   7,919   11     139    
13413   15,871   6     38    
13425   1,970   3     152    
13440   44,797   49     109    
13476   3,219   5     155    
13492   11,555   4     35    
13501   36,076   111     308    
13502   33,505   79     236    
                   
U.S   299,398,484   984,155     329    
                   
      Living HIV/AIDS Cases by Race/Ethnicity and Risk Diagnosed     
        Through December 2005              
 table3                          
                             
                             
        Cases    Percent              
                             
  Race White 24,839   23                
    Black 50,376   43                
    Hispanic 33,241   28                
    Asian/PI 1,164   3                
    Native Am 139   0.8                
    Unk   1,076   2.2                
    Total   111,597                    
                             
  Risk MSM   29,587   53.8                
    IDU   24,797   38                
    Heterosexual 17,812   32                
    Blood Prod. 498   1.2                
    Pediatric Risk 2,938   6                
table 4     Aids cases in 2005          
                       
                       
  Total Prisoners   Cases    rate/100,000      
U.S 2,245,189     5,754   256          
Oneida 4,225     27   639          
                       
table2                      
          Living Aids cases in Oneida County        
            Diagnosed and alive as of 12/31/05        
                         
  Zip    Town/City Population   Cases    Rate per 100,00  
  13403   Marcy 7,919   9   114      
  13440   Rome 44,797   24   54      
  13501   Utica 36,076   45   125      
  13502   Utica 33,505   42   125      
                         
      NY State 19,343,572   69,716   360      
      U.S   299,398,484   475,871   156