Estimated Diagnoses of HIV/AIDS
Of the 124,972 diagnoses of HIV/AIDS made during 2000-2003 in the 32 states, 68% were for minority races and ethnicities. Of all persons given a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, 52% were black, 15% Hispanic and <1% each were American Indian/Alaska Native or Asian/Pacific Islander. By sex, 63% of males and 81% of females [...]

After removing patient and physician identifiers, state health departments routinely send confidential HIV infection (Generic Zerit treating HIV infection when used in combination with other medicines) and AIDS case reports to CDC through the HIV/AIDS Reporting System. The information reported for each case includes demographics, mode of exposure, laboratory data, clinical status, and referrals for treatment [...]

In June 1981, the first five cases of AIDS were recognized in the United States. By June 1982, more than 400 AIDS cases had been reported to the CDC; 36% of these cases occurred in minority races and ethnicities. In 2003, an estimated 72% of AIDS cases diagnosed in the 50 states; District of Columbia; [...]

The UBTH and OAUTH have a combined capacity of over 1,000 bed spaces. Both have oral and maxillofacial surgery departments dedicated to the teaching of undergraduate students and residents, and the management of orofacial conditions. They are also major trauma referral centers. This study recorded that more males than females (ratio 3.2:1) sustained zygomatic complex [...]

One-hundred-two (76.1%) males and 32 (23.9%) females were recorded during the study period, giving a malerfemale ratio of 3.2:1. They ranged in age from 18-70 years, with a mean age of 32 years. Patients in the 21-30-year age group (62 or 46.3%) were most often involved (Table 1). The etiology of zygomatic complex fractures are [...]

Over a six-year period (January 1997 to January 2003), 134 patients with fractures of the zygomatic complex were retrospectively studied at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City, and the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), lie Ife—both in Southern Nigeria. These patients were selected from a pool of 960 patients who sustained [...]

INTRODUCTION
Fractures of the zygomatic complex are among the most frequent in maxillofacial trauma. The zygomatic complex is responsible for the mid-facial contour and for the protection of the orbital contents. The etiology of zygomatic complex fractures include road traffic accidents, assaults, falls, sports and missile injuries. The relative contribution of these factors varies from region [...]