Citation

McGuire S. Posit. Aware 1995; 1995(Jul-Aug): 3.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Test Positive Aware Network)

DOI

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PMID

11362565

Abstract

Italy's statistics institute, ISTAT, has announced in its annual report that the number of AIDS deaths is threatening to pass the number of deaths from traffic accidents. According to ISTAT, 4,370 Italians died from AIDS in 1994, while some 6,000 died on the country's roads. The report states that AIDS is the second leading cause of death after road accidents for young males, aged 18 to 29. Three years ago, Americans made a commitment to safer automobile engineering, better highway design, and increased penalties for drunken driving; consequently reducing both the total numbers and the per-capita incidence of traffic deaths, in spite of much more driving. A similar commitment to prevention and treatment efforts could have an equally dramatic impact on the incidence of AIDS and HIV transmission in the United States. However, that commitment will not likely emerge anytime soon given Congress's current plans for the budget.

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