By law, parole officers may not tell anyone about the AIDS diagnoses.

But he lost his post only after the AIDS diagnosis in July 1987.

Ben was nine years old when he died, approximately fourteen months after his AIDS diagnosis.

The data from these 34 states account for approximately 66% of the nation's AIDS diagnoses but might not be nationally representative.

Deaths of persons with an AIDS diagnosis may be due to any cause.

Eighteen of the patients had a previous AIDS defining diagnosis.

About 24,000 AIDS diagnoses have been recorded in the state, but estimates of those infected range from 200,000 to 400,000.

The rate of AIDS diagnosis for this group has been higher than that for whites since 1995.

Several are in their second decades with the virus, having survived the days when an AIDS diagnosis meant death.

Because the AIDS diagnosis is considered a death sentence, many do not seek treatment.