Why does HIV/AIDS disproportionately affect AA population in America?

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Although Black/African Americans represent almost 13 percent of the U.S. population, they account for 42.1 percent of HIV infection cases in 2019.

In 2020, African Americans were 7.8 times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV infection, as compared to the white population.

African American males have 8.1 times the AIDS rate as compared to white males.

African American females have 15 times the AIDS rate as compared to white females.

African American men are 6.0 times as likely to die from HIV infection as non-Hispanic white men.

African American women are 15.3 times as likely to die from HIV infection as white women.

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