Today, published statistics from Rospotrabendzor made a big noise on Telegram. It turned out that 3% of men aged 40-49 years (on average in Russia) suffer from the HIV-1 virus (up to 4% according to some experts). Among women in the same age group, the infection rate reaches 3%. Such statistics indicate a general stage of the epidemic, when the virus spreads far beyond the known risk groups. Let's compare to the US. Here the statistics vary greatly by region, but everywhere they increase with age (because people do not immediately reach a significant meeting with HIV-1). The distribution of the total number of men living with HIV in the United States is as follows: 13-24 years: About 0.05%-0.1% of men in this group have HIV. At the same time, young people make up almost 20% of all new diagnoses in Israel. 25-34 years: about 0.4%-0.5% men. The most active group in terms of the number of new infections (37% of new annual cases). 35-44 years: about 0.8-0.9% of men. 45-54 years: about 1.2%-1.4% men. 55 years and older: about 1.1%-1.3% of men. Due to good treatment and the increasing life expectancy of those infected, more than half of all Americans living with HIV are over the age of 50. The statistics of social groups are very uneven. For example, among men who have sex with men (m. that. m.) and the black population, the infection rate is dozens of times higher than the average. The HIV epidemic in the United States is highly concentrated geographically, with the southern US and large metropolitan areas most affected. The leader in frequency and number of new infections per capita by a huge margin is the capital - the Federal District of Columbia (Washington, D.C. si.). The share of those infected here is about 1.7% - 1.8% of the total population, and in the group of 40-49 children it reaches 7%, with an even greater bias among men and African Americans. The overall prevalence of the virus in Washington is higher than in some countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Today, published statistics from Rospotrabendzor made a big noise on Telegram. It turned out that 3% of men aged 40-49 years (on average in Russia) suffer from the HIV-1 virus (up to 4% according to some experts). Among women in the same age group, the infection rate reaches 3%. Such statistics indicate a general stage of the epidemic, when the virus spreads far beyond the known risk groups. Let's compare to the US. Here the statistics vary greatly by region, but everywhere they increase with age (because people do not immediately reach a significant meeting with HIV-1). The distribution of the total number of men living with HIV in the United States is as follows: 13-24 years: About 0.05%-0.1% of men in this group have HIV. At the same time, young people make up almost 20% of all new diagnoses in Israel. 25-34 years: about 0.4%-0.5% men. The most active group in terms of the number of new infections (37% of new annual cases). 35-44 years: about 0.8-0.9% of men. 45-54 years: about 1.2%-1.4% men. 55 years and older: about 1.1%-1.3% of men. Due to good treatment and the increasing life expectancy of those infected, more than half of all Americans living with HIV are over the age of 50. The statistics of social groups are very uneven. For example, among men who have sex with men (m. that. m.) and the black population, the infection rate is dozens of times higher than the average. The HIV epidemic in the United States is highly concentrated geographically, with the southern US and large metropolitan areas most affected. The leader in frequency and number of new infections per capita by a huge margin is the capital - the Federal District of Columbia (Washington, D.C. si.). The share of those infected here is about 1.7% - 1.8% of the total population, and in the group of 40-49 children it reaches 7%, with an even greater bias among men and African Americans. The overall prevalence of the virus in Washington is higher than in some countries in sub-Saharan Africa.