Condom use is declining among men who have sex with men. In a large survey of MSM in major urban areas, nearly two-thirds reported having condomless anal sex at least once during the past year, and a quarter said they had receptive anal intercourse without a condom the last time they had sex with a man.
- 67% of HIV-positive men reported condomless anal sex with a male partner;
- 65% of HIV-negative men reported condomless anal sex with a male partner;
- when asked about their most recent sexual encounter, 26% of HIV-negative MSM and 20% of HIV-positive MSM reported only having had oral sex;
- of HIV-negative men aged 18-24, over 28% reported condomless receptive anal intercourse;
- in certain cities well over, or at least, a quarter of the “gay” male population is HIV-positive, they include: Atlanta (34%), Baltimore (30%), Dallas (31%), Houston (25%), Miami (25%), and New Orleans (26%);
- those cities were at least 20% of the “gay” male population is HIV-positive, includes: Chicago (20%); Detroit (24.4%), Newark (22%), San Diego (24.9%), and San Francisco (20.9%);
- in comparison, the CDC estimates that there are 1,218,400 people in the US infected with HIV; that is approximately 0.37% of the total population; that means – in some “gay” communities, the HIV rates are nearly 95X higher than in the general population; at the infamous Love Canal toxic dump site in New York State the risk of cancer was only 1.7-2 times higher than in neighboring areas and birth defects were 3.4 times higher than in the rest of the country.
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