CDC-NCHSTP-DHAP: HIV/AIDS Surveillance Supplemental Report

National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention
Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention

Table 4. Estimated numbers of diagnosed cases of AIDS, by race/ethnicity, sex, exposure category, and age category, 1998–2002—United States

Exposure category	Year of diagnosis					Cumulative through 2002^a
White, not Hispanic	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Male adult or adolescent
Male-to-male sexual contact	8,329	7,637	7,406	7,178	7,320	251,275
Injection drug use	1,546	1,492	1,356	1,289	1,255	33,166
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection	1,026	967	815	804	768	29,041
drug use
Heterosexual contact	593	559	555	521	644	8,222
Other^b	160	156	155	141	127	7,989
Subtotal	11,654	10,810	10,288	9,932	10,113	329,692

Female adult or adolescent
Injection drug use	776	731	715	656	683	14,594
Heterosexual contact	1,030	1,022	1,019	1,019	1,076	16,214
Other^b	58	44	55	48	50	2,352
Subtotal	1,865	1,796	1,788	1,723	1,809	33,159

Total adults and adolescents	13,518	12,607	12,076	11,655	11,922	362,851

Child (<13 yrs)
Perinatal	33	19	12	15	7	1,242
Other^b	0	0	0	1	0	364
Subtotal	33	19	13	16	7	1,606

Total	13,552	12,626	12,088	11,671	11,929	364,457

Exposure category	Year of diagnosis					Cumulative through 2002^a
Black, not Hispanic	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Male adult or adolescent
Male-to-male sexual contact	5,687	5,534	5,462	5,712	6,015	103,003
Injection drug use	4,681	4,343	4,245	3,917	3,842	89,918
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection	1,019	882	785	814	791	20,418
drug use
Heterosexual contact	2,496	2,608	2,735	2,949	3,122	30,595
Other^b	149	129	139	142	162	4,440
Subtotal	14,032	13,496	13,366	13,534	13,933	248,373

Female adult or adolescent
Injection drug use	2,310	2,137	2,157	2,073	1,983	40,166
Heterosexual contact	4,027	4,040	4,568	4,737	5,006	50,376
Other^b	145	150	176	180	189	3,099
Subtotal	6,483	6,328	6,902	6,990	7,179	93,641

Total adults and adolescents	20,515	19,824	20,268	20,524	21,111	342,014


Child (<13 yrs)
Perinatal	156	128	83	69	56	5,324
Other^b	0	0	3	2	2	152
Subtotal	156	129	85	70	58	5,476

Total	20,671	19,953	20,353	20,594	21,169	347,490

Exposure category	Year of diagnosis					Cumulative through 2002^a
Hispanic	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Male adult or adolescent
Male-to-male sexual contact	3,058	2,913	2,910	3,068	3,202	60,300
Injection drug use	2,162	2,058	2,022	1,824	1,766	48,165
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection	388	391	374	344	299	9,555
drug use
Heterosexual contact	903	902	899	1,007	1,077	11,325
Other^b	62	71	67	67	65	1,613
Subtotal	6,573	6,334	6,272	6,310	6,410	130,958

Female adult or adolescent
Injection drug use	627	618	621	628	469	12,666
Heterosexual contact	1,176	1,120	1,219	1,264	1,288	17,305
Other^b	37	34	44	55	51	899
Subtotal	1,840	1,773	1,883	1,947	1,808	30,871

Total adults and adolescents	8,413	8,107	8,155	8,257	8,218	161,829

Child (<13 yrs)
Perinatal	46	32	18	21	24	1,973
Other^b	1	1	0	1	0	137
Subtotal	47	33	18	22	24	2,111

Total	8,460	8,140	8,173	8,279	8,242	163,940

Exposure category	Year of diagnosis					Cumulative through 2002^a
Asian/Pacific Islander	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Male adult or adolescent
Male-to-male sexual contact	199	203	208	247	263	4,444
Injection drug use	36	40	33	46	43	547
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection	12	15	13	13	18	266
drug use
Heterosexual contact	33	51	49	56	68	473
Other^b	11	7	5	11	8	241
Subtotal	291	316	307	374	400	5,972

Female adult or adolescent
Injection drug use	10	13	11	11	14	178
Heterosexual contact	43	45	63	51	55	582
Other^b	2	5	4	3	7	133
Subtotal	55	63	79	65	76	893

Total adults and adolescents	346	379	385	439	477	6,864

Child (<13 yrs)
Perinatal	0	1	2	2	1	45
Other^b	0	0	0	0	0	14
Subtotal	0	1	2	2	1	59

Total	346	380	388	441	478	6,924

Exposure category	Year of diagnosis					Cumulative through 2002^a
American Indian/Alaska Native	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Male adult or adolescent
Male-to-male sexual contact	63	67	70	66	95	1,338
Injection drug use	32	25	26	33	26	398
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection	21	18	17	33	18	404
drug use
Heterosexual contact	5	12	15	14	11	113
Other^b	2	1	0	0	2	48
Subtotal	122	124	128	147	152	2,301

Female adult or adolescent
Injection drug use	14	15	24	16	23	251
Heterosexual contact	20	24	32	22	29	262
Other^b	0	2	1	4	2	29
Subtotal	34	41	57	41	54	543

Total adults and adolescents	156	164	185	188	206	2,844

Child (<13 yrs)
Perinatal	1	0	0	0	0	29
Other^b	0	0	0	0	0	2
Subtotal	1	0	0	0	0	31

Total	157	164	185	188	206	2,875

Total cases^c

43,225

41,314

41,239

41,227

42,136

886,575

Note. These numbers do not represent actual cases in persons with a diagnosis of AIDS. Rather, these numbers are point estimates of cases diagnosed that have been adjusted for reporting delays and for redistribution of cases in persons initially reported without an identified risk. The estimates have not been adjusted for incomplete reporting. Because column totals were calculated independently of the values for the subpopulations, the values in each column may not sum to the column total.
^a Includes persons with a diagnosis of AIDS, from the beginning of the epidemic through 2002.
^b Includes hemophilia, blood transfusion, and risk not reported or not identified.
^c Includes persons of unknown race or multiple races and persons of unknown sex.

Added on: May 5, 2004
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National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
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