AIDS Cases Double in 13 Months
United Press International
ATLANTA —
The number of AIDS cases in the United States is doubling every 13 months, jumping from 14,049 in October, 1985, to 28,098 the first week of December, but federal health officials said today the rate of increase is slowing.
The national Centers for Disease Control said it expects another doubling in 15 months, putting the number of AIDS victims at more than 56,000 by early 1988 and at 270,000 by 1991, with no peaking of cases at least by 1991.
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