FACTS

• AIDS has increased an unbelievable 9,000 percent in the last 11 years.

• In 1984, there were two Native Americans were diagnosed with AIDS, by 1995 the number was above 1,200 cases.

• According to the CDC, through December of 1997, American Indians and Alaskan Natives accounted for less then .1% of population but amazingly accounted for .3% of reported AIDS cases.

• Between 1996 and 1998, the number of HIV cases in Native Americans increased by 33%.  The number of AIDS cases increased by 24%.

• Native Americans have the fourth highest AIDS case rate per 100,000 people among adults and adolescents.

• Native American females have an AIDS case rate of 3.8 per 100,000 people compared with white females who have a rate of 2.4 per 100,000 people.

• The rate of AIDS deaths for Native Americans is 1.3 times that of whites.