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Title: Transgender Women 49 Times More Likely To Have HIV, Study Says
Post by: suzifrommd on April 10, 2013, 12:18:08 PM
Transgender Women 49 Times More Likely To Have HIV, Study Says

The Huffington Post  |  By Meredith Bennett-Smith   Posted: 04/02/2013 4:41 pm EDT

www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/transgender-women-49-times-likely-hiv-study_n_3000094.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/transgender-women-49-times-likely-hiv-study_n_3000094.html)

Transgender women were 49 times more likely to have HIV compared to a reference population, according to a new study on transgender women and HIV.

Led by Dr. Stefan Baral, director of the key populations programs in the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, a team of researchers conducted a review and meta-analysis of studies assessing HIV infection among transgender women in 15 countries over the span of about a decade and compared it to adults of similar reproductive age in those populations.
Title: Re: Transgender Women 49 Times More Likely To Have HIV, Study Says
Post by: Sarah Louise on April 10, 2013, 12:27:06 PM
The problem is Statistics can be made to say whatever you want.

Lets leave out the 3rd world countries and see what the results are.  Probably much different.