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The Shifting Landscape of AIDS

The mortality rate from HIV and AIDS declined by 26% in 1996. This substantial drop-from 15.6 deaths per 100 000 persons in 1995 to 11.6 per 100 000 in 1996-moved AIDS from the number one to the number two cause of death among 25- to 44-year-olds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The …