By 2000, About How Many Americans Had Died of AIDS

question 136

Multiple Choice

By 2000, about how many Americans had died of AIDS?

• A) over 458,000
• B) nearly 1,200,000
• C) slightly more than 3,000
• D) no more than 175
• E) There are no accurate estimates, because the Surgeon General refused to release the figures.

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