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Being diagnosed with HIV is no longer a death sentence and people living with HIV have near-normal life expectancies, a new study finds.
Researchers found that, at the start of the 2000s, there were 11 percentage points separating the death rate of Americans with HIV and those without.
However, by 2017, the death rates were only separated by 2.7 percentage point, meaning the life expectancy of those with HIV is similar to the general U.S. population.
The team, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says the findings show the tremendous strides that have been made in combatting HIV and turning into a disease that people can manage with simple medication.
A new study found that the difference in mortality rates between Americans with HIV and the general population fell from 11 percentage points in 1999 to 2.7 percentage points in 2017 (file image)
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