Chances of getting infected with HIV /AIDS in Rivers state , Nigeria ’s oil -rich city is pretty high as it ranks number one in the country .
There ’s loads of money in Rivers, so is the vulnerability of its citizens and residents to HIV/AIDS .
According to the HIV /AIDS prevalence ranking by states published by National Agency for the Control of Aids ( NACA ) after the 2013 National Aids Reproductive Health Survey , Rivers sits pretty at the top 4 .7 per cent more than number two, Taraba state .
The ranking also came as a result of test carried out on persons living with HIV/ AIDS .
It showed that Rivers with 15 . 2 per cent topped the new prevalence chat , as Taraba with 10 . 5 per cent is second , while Kaduna has 9 .2 per cent to be on the third .
Nasarawa, FCT , Akwa Ibom , Sokoto and Oyo are on the fourth , fifth , sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth spots respectively on the prevalence rate chart with 8 .1 , 7 .5 , 6 .5 , 6 .4 , 5 . 6 and 5 .6 per cent respectively .
On number 10 is Yobe with 5 . 3 % . Here’ s how other states rank :
Cross River – 4 .4 % ,
Ondo – 4 .3 % ,
Gombe – 3 . 4 % ,
Abia – 3 . 3 % ,
Bayelsa – 2 .7 % ,
Osun – 2 . 6 % ,
Imo – 2 . 5 % ,
Borno – 2 . 4 % ,
Plateau – 2 .3 % ,
Lagos – 2 . 2 % ,
Jigawa – 2 .1 % ,
Adamawa – 1 . 9 % ,
Kwara – 1 .4 % ,
Kogi – 1 .4 % ,
Kano – 1 .3 % ,
Enugu – 1 .3 % ,
Niger – 1 . 2 % ,
Anambra – 1 .2 % ,
Ebonyi – 0 .9 % ,
Kebbi – 0 . 8 % ,
Edo – 0 . 8 % ,
Delta – 0 . 7 % ,
Ogun – 0 .6 % ,
Bauchi – 0 . 6 % ,
Zamfara – 0 .4 % ,
Ekiti – 0 .2 % .
View the rankings by NACA below
Labels: HIV/AIDS, NACA, National Agency for The Control of AIDS