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Since the beginning of the epidemic in the USA, an estimated 170,679 adult and adolescent women have been diagnosed with AIDS. For these women, heterosexual contact was the most common route of HIV transmission, accounting for more than half of all infections. The number of women acquiring HIV each year through unsafe sex is increasing. In 2003, heterosexual contact with an infected partner led to an estimated 79% of new HIV diagnoses and 71% of new AIDS diagnoses. Estimated adult and adolescent female HIV diagnoses by exposure category
Estimated adult and adolescent female AIDS diagnoses by exposure category
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 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 statistics 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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