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Rates of Diagnoses of HIV infection per 100,000 population, by young age groups (13-24 years) and race/ethnicity:United States, 2011. Data are from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV Surveillance Report, 2011.24
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Figure 1a). For example in 2015, Black youth only made up 14% of the 13-19 year old population in the U.S., yet these youth accounted for 64% of new HIV diagnoses. At the time of our study (2011), the rate of diagnoses of new HIV infections among youth aged 13-24 in Philadelphia was 56.1 per 100,000 population, over twice the national rate of 26 per 100,000 for persons aged 13-24 (; see Figure 1b). We had multiple discussions with the committee members to provide context and accurate data regarding the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the protected confidentiality of medical data, the urgency of the HIV epidemic among young people in Philadelphia (see Figure 1b), and the legal ramifications of sharing adolescent test results with parents without youth consent.