|
Figure
2. U.S. Metropolitan areas of 500,000 or more with the highest
rates of injection-related AIDS, 1998
|
|
Rank
in 1998
|
Metro
areas of 500,000 or more
|
Rate
per million
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
New
York, NY
|
435
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
Baltimore,
MD
|
343
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
Jersey
City, NJ
|
320
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
Newark,
NJ
|
280
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
Wilmington,
DE
|
213
|
|
|
*6
|
|
|
Baton
Rouge, LA
|
207
|
|
|
*6
|
|
|
Hartford,
CT
|
207
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
West
Palm Beach, FL
|
191
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
San
Francisco, CA
|
189
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
New
Haven, CT
|
171
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
Philadelphia,
PA
|
150
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
Washington,
DC
|
143
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
Springfield,
MA
|
140
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
Bergen-Passaic,
NJ
|
127
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
New
Orleans, LA
|
114
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
Houston,
TX
|
104
|
|
|
*17
|
|
|
Miami,
FL
|
97
|
|
|
*17
|
|
|
Orlando,
FL
|
97
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
Rochester,
NY
|
96
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
94
|
|
|
|
|
|
San
Juan, PR
|
367
|
|
|
*
|
Tied
with another metro area
|
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