Disease Trends among MSM: What do They Mean? Tom Peterman, MD MSc Division of STD Prevention, CDC

Year Estimated Deaths (thousands) Estimated AIDS Deaths by Year, U.S. Adults MSM

Year Estimated Deaths (thousands) Vancouver AIDS Conference April, 2001 FDA warned pharmaceutical companies Estimated AIDS Deaths by Year, U.S. Adults MSM

Women Men Year Cases per 100,000 Gonorrhea Rates by Sex, U.S., * provisional

Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) Percent of Participants who are MSM,

Primary and Secondary Syphilis Rates by Sex, U.S. 1981–2003 *Provisional data Cases per 100,000 Year Men Women

Primary and Secondary Syphilis Rates by Sex, U.S., 1996–2002 Year Cases per 100,000 provisional Men Women

Primary and Secondary Syphilis Rates by Sex, 4 Cities, Men Women provisional Year Cases per 100,000 New YorkChicago Los Angeles San Francisco

Acute Hepatitis B Incidence by Sex, U.S., Cases per 100,000 Rate Ratio Year Source: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) Men Women Ratio

Year Percent MSM IDU Multiple sex partners Risk Factors Reported by Persons with Acute Hepatitis B, U.S., Source: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)

Ban of gay marriage advances Proposed amendment to constitution goes to House Tuesday, February 17, 2004 A constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage squeaked through the Georgia Senate on Monday, in what could foretell a tough battle in the House.