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__**Location:**__ in Western Europe, like a hexagon it has six sides. Has over 200,000 sq miles making it the largest Western European nation.



__**Cult****ural Beliefs:**__ French national identity is based on the origins of the nation in Celtic, Gallo-Roman, and Frankish cultures.

__**Population:**__ in 1999 the population was 58,518,748. it has alow population density compared to the other countries in Western Europe. in an attempt to keep the population up family allowences are given per child. The population has more than doubled since the ninteenth centurary. When it was 28.3 million. The post secondary world war saw a fertility increase in the French version of the baby boom. It however didn’t last birth rates dropped by the1970s. current population is 62,616,488.

Graph shows population growth & decline over a 7 year period

//Culture of france//. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/France.html hows //Population of france//. (2010, December 17). Retrieved from http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=sp_pop_totl&idim=country:FRA&dl=en&hl=en&q=current+population+of+france

__**Religious beliefs:**__ France has many religious practices because they encourage freedom of thought and religion. The majority of people are Christian with 83% - 88% of people practicing Roman Catholicism. Other Religions include Protestantism, Judaism, and Islam. Graph shows the total amount of people that believe in a certian religion. Christians dominate total amount

//Religious beliefs in france//. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.spainexchange.com/guide/FR-religion.htm

__**Type of goverment:**__ It is a republic (just like America). It has the three branches (Executive, Judicial, & Legislative). Made its constitution on September 28, 1958.

//France//. (2010, August 18). Retrieved from http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3842.htm

__**Poverty & Wealth**__: Poverty has fallen by 60% in 30 years. Although it had affected 15% of France’s population in 1970, in 2001 only 6.1% or 3.7 million people were below the poverty line.

//Poverty in france//. (2010, November 28). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_France

__**Amount of AIDS vs HIV:**__ In 2010 there is more than 140,00 people in France living with HIV/AIDS. There is more known cases of HIV in France than AIDS (See Graph)

Graph shows that there is more reported cases of HIV than AIDS

//France hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids//. (2010, November 3). Retrieved from http://www.indexmundi.com/france/hiv_aids_people_living_with_hiv_aids.html

__** Comparision: **__ Graph shows that France is some where on the lower end of the running but not out of it

__** Total Deaths: **__ There has been over 1,600 deaths from HIV/AIDS in France since 2007. The rate of HIV/AIDS is increasing by 0.4%.

//Hiv/aids statistics in france//. (n.d.). Retrieved from [] //France people 2010//. (2010, Febuary 10). Retrieved from []

__**Major Causes of HIV/AIDS**__: Drug users are the most commenly affected due to unstarile needles

//European hiv & aids statistics//. (n.d.). Retrieved from []

__**Programs Available:**__ Sidaction, a three day campaign to raise funds in France for HIV/AIDS prevention & reserch, that ran from Friday to Sunday in 2008. 11 tv stations & 5 radio stations all supported th same cause. Cultural events were held to raise awareness and prevention. By 9p.m. on the first day they raised 412,000 euros.

//France fights aids with sidaction 2008, public fund-raising effort for hiv/aids research//. (2008, March 31). Retrieved from http://www.webinfrance.com/france-fights-aids-sidaction-2008-public-fund-raising-effort-hiv-aids-research-330.htm

__**Hypotheses:**__

1. Most HIV/AIDS cases are caused by men sleeping with men



Apperently men who sleep with other men in France have a higher chance of reciving HIV/AIDS in France than others

2. African Americans are have the highest chance of getting HIV/AIDS in France



Apperently African Americans in France have the highest % of AIDS/HIV leading us to the conclusion they are the most vonerable to the disease

3. Women are more vounerable to HIV/AIDS then Men

Male Population Female population

Apperently by the charts comparison men are more likly to riecive HIV/AIDS than women disproving my hypothese

Solutions: 1. use a needle exchange program to discourage the use of unstarile needles 2.