WHERE:
Day
1 - Opening Ceremony: San Francisco, Cow Palace to Cabrillo
College, Aptos
Day 2 - Aptos to San
Lorenzo County Park, King City
Day 3 - King City to
Mid-State Fairgrounds, Paso Robles
Day 4 - Paso Robles
to Preisker Park, Santa Maria
Day 5 - Santa Maria
to River Park, Lompoc
Day 6 - Lompoc to San
Buenaventura State Beach, Ventura
Day 7 - Closing Ceremony:
West Los Angeles-VA Center, Wadsworth Theatre Grounds
WHY: To
raise critically needed funds for HIV/AIDS-related services provided
by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian
Center, and to raise awareness that AIDS is still devastating
our society, particularly the gay community and communities of
color in San Francisco, Los Angeles and throughout California.
AIDS/LifeCycle
is co-produced and managed by the beneficiaries, the L.A. Gay
& Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
Website:
www.aidslifecycle.org
FUN FACTS
PARTICIPANTS:
1,500+ cyclists
400+ volunteer roadies
Oldest: 77-years-old
Youngest: 18-years-old
38 states are represented
9 countries are represented:
(U.S., France, Germany, Holland, England, Canada, Israel, China,
Spain)
TRAVEL
ROUTE:
585 miles
55 towns/jurisdictions
8 counties
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Food:
36,000 eggs
32,000 pounds of
ice
10,000 Clif bars
6,000 gallons of
water
2 tons of chicken
2 tons of oatmeal
5,000 pounds of vegetables
300 gallons of coffee
500 gallons of milk
1,000 pounds of pasta
SUPPLIES:
844 portable toilets
25 gallons of "butt
balm"
1,000 sleeping tents
HIV & AIDS Facts and Figures: An Overview
In San Francisco...
An estimated 19,000
people are living with HIV/AIDS.
Over 26,000 people
have been diagnosed with AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic
and nearly 18,000 people have died from AIDS.
It is estimated that
between 750-1,000 people will become newly infected with HIV this
year.
Approximately 85%
of people living with AIDS are gay or bisexual men (men who have
sex with men).
Of people newly diagnosed
with AIDS in 2004: 55% were White, 23% were Latino, 17% were African
American, 3% were Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.5% were Native
American.
Of people currently
living with AIDS, 66% are White, 15% are Latino, 14% are African
American, 4% are Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.5% are Native American.
In Los Angeles...
An estimated 56,000
people are living with HIV/AIDS.
Over 49,000 people
have been diagnosed with AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic
and nearly 30,000 people have died from AIDS.
It is estimated that
2,000 people will become newly infected with HIV this year.
Three out of every
four people living with AIDS are gay or bisexual men (men who
have sex with men).
Of people newly diagnosed
with AIDS in 2002: 47% were Latino, 29% were White, 20% were African
American, 4% were Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.5% were Native
American.
Of people living
with AIDS: 38% are Latino, 37% are White, 22% are African American,
3% are Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.5% are Native American.
In California...
More than 100,000
are living with HIV/AIDS, many unaware of their infection.
Over 136,000 people
have been diagnosed with AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic
and nearly 80,000 people have died from AIDS.
It is estimated that 8,000 Californians will become newly infected
with HIV this year.
California ranks
second in the nation in cumulative AIDS cases, surpassed only
by New York.
HIV/AIDS has had
a particularly severe impact on the gay community, with 77% of
all cases occurring among gay and bisexual men; nationally it
is 54%.
Of the 136,344 cases
diagnosed since the beginning of the epidemic: 57% have been among
Whites, 22% have been among Latinos, 18% have been among African
Americans, 2% have been among Asian/Pacific Islanders and less
than 1% among Native Americans.
In
the United States...
It is estimated that
between 850,000-950,000 are living with HIV/AIDS, many unaware
of their HIV infection.
Since 1981 more than
930,000 AIDS cases have been reported to the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
More than 524,000
have died from AIDS, including more than 5,500 children under
age 13.
This year, an estimated
40,000 people will become newly infected with HIV. A disproportionate
number of these infections will occur among men who have sex with
men, young people and communities of color.
Of people newly diagnosed
with AIDS in 2003: 51% were African American, 32% were White,
15% were Latino, 1% were Asian/Pacific Islander, and less than
1% were Native American.
Of people living
with AIDS: 42% are African American, 36% are White, 20% are Latino,
1% are Asian/Pacific Islander, and less than 1% are Native American.
In the World...
It is estimated that
39.4 million people are living with HIV/AIDS. Of these, 37.2 million
are adults and 2.2 million are children under 15.
An estimated 4.9
million people were infected with HIV in 2004, including 4.3 million
adults and 640,000 children under 15.
During 2004, AIDS
caused the deaths of an estimated 3.1 million people, including
2.6 million adults and 510,000 children under 15.
Data Sources:
San
Francisco: San Francisco Department of Public Health, Quarterly
AIDS Surveillance Report, March 2005
Los
Angeles: Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, An
Epidemiologic Profile of HIV and AIDS -- Los Angeles County 2004
California:
California Department of Health Services, Office of AIDS, Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Surveillance Report, April 30,
2005
United
States: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV/AIDS
Surveillance Report, 2003 (Vol. 15)
World:
AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2004, Joint United Nations Programme
on AIDS (UNAIDS)
