| HIV infections are on the rise. According to the | | | | infection rates. That means that just under half of all |
| Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the | | | | HIV infections are found in women worldwide. |
| number of Americans over 50 who are infected with | | | | One reason for the higher number of older women |
| HIV have grown over 5 times (16,300 people in 1995, | | | | with HIV was found in a study recently published by |
| to 90,600 in 2003). While seniors represent about | | | | Emory University. They surveyed 514 women over |
| 14% of people with HIV, senior women represent | | | | the age of 50, and found that their knowledge about |
| 18%. The numbers of women with infections are | | | | transmission was poor. For example, approximately |
| even higher for American women of color, and come | | | | 50% of women believed that vasectomies and |
| in at a staggering 47% when looking at world HIV | | | | diaphragms prevent the spread of HIV. |