HIV/AIDS among Florida's men has reached critical levels, according to a new state report.

Overall, one in every 123 adult men in Florida was living with HIV/AIDS through 2008, said the report Man Up: The Crisis of HIV/AIDS Among Florida's Men. Florida's share of the nation's HIV/AIDS cases remains high. In 2006, Florida had 5,550 new infections -- nearly 10 percent of the 56,500 new cases in the entire country.

The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to impact individuals in Florida and the United States. Men, women, young, black, white, Hispanic, rich, poor, gay, bisexual, lesbian or straight -- no group is wholly exempt from contracting HIV. In Florida, 1 in 209 white men, compared to 1 in 44 black men and 1 in 117 Hispanic men are living with HIV/AIDS (reported cases). Males account for the majority of HIV/AIDS cases in Florida. The Florida Department of Health recommends that men begin engaging in frank discussions about the seriousness of HIV/AIDS and include women and adolescents in the discussions.

Read the full report, here: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease_ctrl/aids/Docs/Man_Up_Report.pdf