Interactive Map Data Finds the South to be a hotspot for HIV

A new data online interactive map, which compiles data on HIV cases by counties, finds that the infection rates are higher in the south, than any other region of the US.

While, the data indicates that the high rates are seen throughout states like Georgia ,South Carolina,Florida, and Virginia; Georgia, has the highest percentage of infection. More than half of the 48 counties with high rates are in Georgia.

The National Minority Quality Forum, created the map, known as the HIV/Aids Atlas, and have created other disease maps in the past. They also analyzed and disaggregated the data.

How ironic as this region is often referred to as the "Dirty South". It is so unsettling to hear of news such as this.We are in the 21st century, we are more knowledgeable about about the disease, risk factors, and prevention. We know more about Aids than those that encountered it back in 1981, when it was first identified in the US and many misconceptions ran rampant, yet until this day, it continues to be an epidemic. What does it say about us as a people??!!