Actually using AIDS as some sort of indicator of compulsive behavior in homosexuals doesn't work. The infection rate dropped in the mid 90's for gay men & rose for hetrosexual men. Even then it was being predicted that rates would go up because the new HIV drugs were creating a false sense of security & younger gays who were not around in the 80's truly don't understand what they are risking. That is the nature of youth I suppose. Here's a link to another CNN story about the rise in HIV in straight guys & the drop in rates for gay men.
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9709/18/nfm.aids/

"However there were some troubling signs in what was largely a promising report.

Although new AIDS cases declined 15 percent among white gay and bisexual men in 1996, AIDS among heterosexuals rose 11 percent among men and 7 percent among women. "