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More than half a million people with AIDS have died in the USA. Nearly three-quarters of these people did not live to the age of 45.

The age group 35-44 years represented an estimated 41% of all AIDS cases diagnosed in 2003. The estimated number of children diagnosed in 2003 was unusually low, while diagnoses in older people increased in number. When interpreting AIDS data such as these, it is important to remember that a person infected with HIV will probably not develop AIDS for several years - the average delay in the USA is around ten years without treatment, and longer if ARV drugs are taken.

The number of deaths remained relatively stable between 1999 and 2003. There are now fewer deaths among those aged under 45 years, but more among older people.

Estimated AIDS diagnoses by age and year of diagnosis

Age at diagnosis	Year of diagnosis					Cumulative total, all years
Age at diagnosis	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Cumulative total, all years
Under 13	187	117	119	105	59	9,419
13-14	57	56	76	68	59	891
15-24	1,541	1,642	1,625	1,810	1,991	37,599
25-34	11,349	10,385	9,947	9,504	9,605	311,137
35-44	17,165	17,295	16,890	17,008	17,633	365,432
45-54	8,099	8,566	8,929	9,310	10,051	148,347
55-64	2,218	2,422	2,468	2,724	2,888	43,451
65 or older	739	783	779	759	886	13,711
Total*	41,356	41,267	40,833	41,289	43,171	929,985

* Because totals are calculated independently of the subpopulations, the values in each column may not sum exactly to the figure in the Total row

Estimated deaths of persons with AIDS by age and year of death

Age at death	Year of death					Cumulative total, all years
Age at death	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Cumulative total, all years
Under 13	97	51	48	35	29	5,103
13-14	18	8	4	11	8	252
15-24	232	216	270	199	229	9,789
25-34	3,258	2,823	2,512	2,143	1,928	142,761
35-44	7,706	7,138	7,525	6,896	6,970	216,093
45-54	4,994	5,203	5,548	5,737	5,964	104,064
55-64	1,556	1,631	1,873	1,840	2,146	33,171
65 or older	630	670	743	696	741	12,282
Total*	18,491	17,741	18,524	17,557	18,017	524,060

* Because totals are calculated independently of the subpopulations, the values in each column may not sum exactly to the figure in the Total row

Notes

The latest statistics on AIDS & HIV in the USA were published in December 2004 by the US Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The next data are due December 2005.

There is often a delay between the time of diagnosis of HIV or AIDS, or the time of death, and the time at which the event is reported. Moreover, this delay may differ among different categories of people. For this reason the CDC estimates the number of diagnoses, deaths and people living with HIV or AIDS by adjusting for reporting delays, taking into account the differences between categories. The CDC also redistributes cases into exposure categories if none was initially reported. No adjustment is made for incomplete reporting. On this page, all numbers are CDC estimates.

The AIDS statistics presented here include all 50 states of the USA, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Pacific Islands and the US Virgin Islands.

AVERT.org has several other USA statistics pages.

Sources:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 2003, (Vol. 15).

Last updated December 22, 2004

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