A matter of survival

Features Mark Garrett is alive, which, among his group of friends from 25 years ago, puts him in the tiny minority. That Garrett is 58 and living with HIV puts him in a growing demographic: People with HIV are aging, as a group. Although younger people still represent the majority of HIV patients, the profile is shifting: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that in 2009, people 50 and older represented one-third of people with HIV in the U.S. By 2020, they’ll constitute half, based on CDC data.

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