Washington, D.C. HIV/AIDS Infection Rate Worst in Nation

Nationally, the HIV/AIDS infection rate in the United States is 12.5 cases per 100,000 people, or 0.0125% of the population.

But a new study says the rate of infection of HIV in Washington, D.C. has reached 3% of D.C.'s population, making it the highest in the nation and equivalent to the infection rate in countries where it's considered a crisis, such as Uganda or parts of Kenya.

Washington, D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty, who will release a report on the HIV/AIDS situation in the city, remarked "You have this problem affecting us, and you tell people how serious it is and it literally goes in one ear and out the other."