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Line 23: − == Health Effects of Heterosexual Lifestyle == − − === [[AIDS]] === − − According to studies conducted by the [[United Nations]] and the [[Center for Disease Control and Prevention]], the following conclusions were made. <ref>http://www.aegis.org/factshts/NIAID/2000/niaid2000_fact_sheet_aidsstat.html#1 − </ref> − − - As of the end of 2000, an estimated 36.1 million people worldwide -- 34.7 million adults and 1.4 million children younger than 15 years -- were living with HIV/AIDS. − − - Worldwide, approximately one in every 100 adults aged 15 to 49 is HIV-infected. In Sub-Saharan Africa, about 8.8 percent of all adults in this age group are HIV-infected. − − - Worldwide, more than 80 percent of all adult HIV infections have resulted from heterosexual intercourse. − − - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 800,000 to 900,000 U.S. residents are living with HIV infection, one-third of whom are unaware of their infection. − − - Of new infections among men in the United States, CDC estimates that approximately 60 percent of men were infected through homosexual sex, 25 percent through injection drug use, and 15 percent through heterosexual sex.
→Health Effects of Heterosexual Lifestyle: Removed pernicious attempt to imply that consequences of Liberal lifestyle equates to consequences of heterosexuality.