The HIV transmission rate in the nation's capital is as high as that of Uganda and parts of Kenya, where the virus is at epidemic levels. About 3,000 people in every 100,000 Washington, D.C., residents are HIV-positive, according to a report released Monday by Mayor Adrian Fenty. The D.C. department of health's HIV/AIDS administration director Shannon Hader told The Washington Post that these levels are the highest in the nation, and higher than parts of West Africa, "where the disease is considered to be a crisis."
The count shows a 22% increase since 2006, bringing the total number of Washington, D.C., residents with the virus to 15,120 people.
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