Figure 1. States with the highest rates of injection-related AIDS, 1998

Rank in 1998

  State

Rate per million

1

  New York

314

 

2

  Maryland

252

 

3

  Delaware

227

 

4

  Connecticut

205

 

5

  New Jersey

198

 

6

  Louisiana

106

 

7

  Pennsylvania

102

 

8

  Florida

100

 

*9

  Massachusetts

98

 

*9

  Rhode Island

98

 

*

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