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Escambia County has little positive news for World AIDS Day

   November 30, 2015

WorldAIDS
Tomorrow is World AIDS Day. It is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection, and mourning those who have died of the disease.

On the sexually-transmitted disease front, the news is not positive for Escambia County. The Florida Department of Health reports increases this year in HIV infection cases, reported AIDS cases and cases of Gonorrhea, Chlamyda and Syphillis.

Jan-Sept 2014 Jan-Sept 2015
Cases Cases Percentage State Ranking
HIV Infection 57 67 18% 15
AIDS 21 23 10% 16
Gonorrhea 374 467 25% 10
Chlamydia 1344 1553 16% 12
Syphillis
Infectious 22 44 100%
Early Latent 10 22 120%
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