AIDS in America.

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The AIDS epidemic has been one of the most devastating in modern times, with a worldwide death toll of more than 25 million so far. The disease today is most widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, but no country or region is immune and the epidemic is far from contained.

In the United States, there are an estimated 1 million people infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS.

As the graph shows, there was a sharp spike in both AIDS diagnoses and deaths in the U.S. between 1982 and 1992. The sudden rise occurred in the years after doctors first identified AIDS and before the advent of drug treatments that helped stow the progression of H.I.V. infection to AIDS.

The graph shows that while the number of AIDS cases in the U.S. has fatten from its peak, the disease remains a deadly threat to public hearth.

ANALYZE THE GRAPH

1. About how many more cases of AIDS were reported in 1986 than were reported in 1982?

   (a) 16,000

   (b) 20,000

   (c) 21,000

   (d) 18,000

2. The data on this graph indicate that the largest increase in the number of reported AIDS cases came between the years

   and

3. What was the approximate number of deaths from AIDS in 19987

   (a) 20,000

   (b) 19,000

   (c) 18,000

   (d) 17,500

4. The graph shows that between 1990 and 1994, deaths from AIDS rose by approximately

   (a) 25%

   (b) 35%

   (c) 45%

   (d) 55%

5. In 2000, the approximate difference between the number of reported AIDS cases and the number of reported deaths from AIDS...