THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, April 19, 1996                 TAG: 9604190626
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AIDS IN THE U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its 1995

report on AIDS on Thursday. The number of people diagnosed with AIDS

fell 7 percent from the previous year, to 74,180 cases nationwide.

The District of Columbia, for a second year, led the nation in

AIDS cases.

AIDS rates per 100,000 residents by state in 1995, followed by

the 1994 rate:

District of Columbia: 185.7, 246.9

Puerto Rico: 70.3, 62.5

New York: 68.4, 81.1

Florida: 56.9, 61.1

New Jersey: 55.5, 61.7

Virginia: 24.3, 17.5

North Carolina: 13.9, 16.8

KEYWORDS: STATISTICS AIDS by CNB