Deaths from HIV/AIDS in New York City have declined faster than other causes of death in the city, according to Living Healthy 2009–2011, a report by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. They’re down 17.9 percent since 2009 and nearly 55 percent since 2002.
In 2011, the city distributed for free more than 36 million male condoms and more than 1 million female condoms. This free condom distribution is the largest such public program nationwide.
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