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The USA's white population has reported more diagnoses of AIDS than any other race/ethnic group. However, the black and Hispanic communities have been disproportionately affected, particularly in recent years. In 2003, around half of all new diagnoses of HIV and half of new AIDS diagnoses were in black people. The number of Hispanics being diagnosed with HIV has increased significantly since 1999, as has the number being diagnosed with AIDS. Similar rises are observed among Asians/Pacific Islanders. Male-to-male sexual contact probably caused the majority (66%) of infections in white people living with AIDS. An additional 14% of white people were exposed through injection drug use, 10% through heterosexual contact and 8% through both male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use. Among black people living with AIDS, male-to-male sexual contact, heterosexual contact and injection drug use each account for around 30% of infections. Estimated HIV diagnoses by race/ethnicity and year
Estimated AIDS diagnoses by race/ethnicity and year
Estimated adult and adolescent males living with AIDS by race/ethnicity and exposure category, end of 2003
Estimated adult and adolescent females living with AIDS by race/ethnicity and exposure category, end of 2003
NotesThe 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. On this page "adults and adolescents" are defined as persons aged 13 years or more. The term "exposure category" refers to the most probable route of transmission of HIV infection. The term "male-to-male sexual contact" includes gay men, bisexual men and some men who consider themselves to be neither gay nor bisexual. The HIV statistics presented on this page include only the 33 areas with a history of confidential name-based HIV reporting, as listed in our USA AIDS Summary. The AIDS statistics 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:
Last updated December 9, 2004 |
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