There are no precise figures on the total number of AIDS deaths.
That's one reason why there were 1.8 million AIDS deaths in 2010.
AIDS deaths have declined, but the incidence of heart disease is still, per capita, among the highest in the country.
AIDS deaths dropped 63% from 1995 to 1998, from 50,628 to 18,851.
AIDS deaths, which dropped 42 percent in 1997, declined just 20 percent last year.
And by 2010, when the number of AIDS deaths in the country is expected to peak, the cost will be triple the 2000 levels.
An average day records 12 AIDS deaths and 17 new diagnosed cases.
The current total of American AIDS deaths is given as 66,493.
By that time AIDS deaths were a fact of life in dance.
All told, he said, the company paid $3.4 million last year on policies involving AIDS deaths.