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* In 2010, homosexuals were about 200 times more likely than everyone else to be diagnosed with HIV.<ref name="takimag"></ref> | * In 2010, homosexuals were about 200 times more likely than everyone else to be diagnosed with HIV.<ref name="takimag"></ref> | ||
* While comprising only 2% of the country, homosexuals account for over 67% of all new HIV diagnoses, the risk of becoming infected being ~100 times higher than the US average.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/2012/hivincidencegraphics.html</ref> | * While comprising only 2% of the country, homosexuals account for over 67% of all new HIV diagnoses, the risk of becoming infected being ~100 times higher than the US average.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/2012/hivincidencegraphics.html</ref> | ||
* Among 13 to 24 year olds, homosexuals constitute 91.8% of HIV diagnoses.<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/statistics_surveillance_Adolescents.pdf</ref> | |||
* 86% of HIV infections occur within committed (not casual) homosexual relationships.<ref>http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.733.710&rep=rep1&type=pdf</ref> | |||
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