Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for first time in a decade

Re:Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for ... by cuteboy19 on Saturday February 12, 2022 @12:27AM (#30310215)

I don't understand why you would use .85% if 1.7% is the correct (but possibly underestimate) number. Additionally, gay/bi is included in the same bracket so the real number would probably be 1-.932=0.068 instead of 0.0085

.932/.068= 13.7

Even though this is still pretty higher, it's probably much more realistic

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Re:Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for ... by cato_the_elder on Saturday February 12, 2022 @12:33AM (#30310250)

> I don't understand why you would use .85% if 1.7% is the correct (but possibly underestimate) number.

I think 1.7% is out of the males, and males are about half the general population.

> Additionally, gay/bi is included in the same bracket so the real number would probably be 1-.932=0.068 instead of 0.0085

I think the 1.7% number also includes bisexual males, but I'm not completely sure. (The title of Figure 1 of the section in the source is "Lesbian, gay or bisexual")

My overall point isn't about the exact numbers though, and I agree that the government survey number is probably an underestimate.

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Re:Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for ... by cato_the_elder on Saturday February 12, 2022 @03:25AM (#30311000)

Sorry, your point about exclusion of bisexuals was actually totally correct. Also, creata found more up-to-date numbers.

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