Commentary
This
report complements the information in the 2002 HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report
by providing detailed information, by race/ethnicity, about the epidemiology
of HIV/AIDS in the United States. The Surveillance Supplemental Report: Cases
of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States, by Race/Ethnicity, 1998–2002,
presents data on persons with HIV infection, including those in whom HIV
infection has progressed to AIDS. These data are stratified by the following
races and ethnic groups: black (non-Hispanic), white (non-Hispanic), Hispanic,
Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native.
In this report, HIV/AIDS includes 3 categories of cases: (1) new
diagnoses of HIV infection (not AIDS), (2) new diagnoses of HIV infection with
later
diagnosis of AIDS, and (3) concurrent diagnosis of HIV infection and AIDS.
For analyses of HIV/AIDS, data were used from the 30 areas (i.e., 29 states
and the U.S. Virgin Islands) that have had confidential name-based HIV infection
reporting long enough (i.e., at least since 1998) for data collection to stabilize
and for adjustment of the data to monitor trends. Tables 1 to 10 summarize
the diagnoses and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS by race/ethnicity. For analysis
of diagnoses of AIDS, we used data from the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
and U.S. dependencies, possession, and associated nations.
Report
Highlights
- From 1999 through 2002, the number of diagnoses of HIV/AIDS in
the 30 areas with confidential-name-based HIV infection reporting increased
steadily among whites, Hispanics, and Asians/Pacific Islanders. The number
of diagnoses among blacks remained stable; in 2002, blacks accounted for
54% of all new diagnoses of HIV/AIDS.
- Of all HIV infections
in adults and adolescents that progressed to AIDS within 12 months after
HIV infection
was diagnosed during 2001, 32% occurred among
whites, 55% among blacks, and 12% among Hispanics. Asians/Pacific Islanders
and American Indians/Alaska Natives accounted for <1% each of all concurrent
diagnoses of HIV and AIDS within one year.
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From 1998 through 2002, AIDS incidence steadily decreased among whites and
Hispanics; however, AIDS incidence increased among blacks, Asians/Pacific
Islanders and American Indians/Alaska Natives.
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In 2002, rates of AIDS diagnoses ranged from 75.4 per 100,000 black adults
and adolescents to 4.6 per 100,000 of Asian/Pacific Islander adults and adolescents.
- At the end of 2002,
an estimated 144,129 persons were known to be living with HIV (not AIDS)
in the 30 areas
with confidential name-based HIV infection
reporting since 1998: 53% were black, 37% white, 9% Hispanic, and <1%
each were American Indian/Alaska Native and Asians/Pacific Islanders.
- At the end of 2002,
approximately 384,906 persons in the United States were living with AIDS:
42% were black,
37% white, 20% Hispanic, and <1% each
were American Indian/Alaska Native or Asian/Pacific Islander.
- In 2002, 19,678 cases
of HIV/AIDS in male adults and adolescents were reported from the 30 areas
with confidential-name-based
HIV infection reporting: of
these persons, 45% were black, 41% white, 13% Hispanic, and <1%
each were American Indian/Alaska Native or Asian/Pacific Islander.
- In 2002, 7,706 cases
of HIV/AIDS in female adults and adolescents were reported from the 30
areas with confidential-name-based
HIV infection reporting: of
these persons, 70% were black, 20% white, 9% Hispanic, and <1%
each were American Indian/Alaska Native or Asian/Pacific Islander.
- In 2002, 32,513 cases
of AIDS in male adults and adolescents were reported in the United States:
of these
persons, 44% were black, 35% white, 20% Hispanic,
1% Asian/Pacific Islander, and <1% were American Indian/Alaska Native.
- In 2002, 11,279 cases
of AIDS in female adults and adolescents were reported among in the United
States:
of these persons, 65% were black, 17% white,
17% Hispanic, and <1% each were American Indian/Alaska
Native or Asian/Pacific Islander.
Added on: June 5, 2004
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