The Nation - News from Oct. 24, 1986
New figures show the occurrence of AIDS among blacks and Latinos is more than double their percentages of the population, but health officials stressed that the disease attacks people “as a result of underlying risk factors, not because of their race (or) ethnicity.” The national Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta reported that 25% of the 24,576 AIDS cases reported through Sept. 8 occurred among blacks, who compose 12% of the population, and 14% of the patients were Latinos, who make up 6% of the population.
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