Estimated Number of AIDS Cases among Female Adults
and Adolescents Attributed to Injection Drug Use and
Heterosexual Contact, by Region*, Cumulative through 2002
United States

Most female adults and adolescents diagnosed with AIDS through 2002 were exposed through injection drug use and heterosexual contact with an HIV-infected partner. By the end of 2002, more than 146,000 AIDS cases among female adults and adolescents had been attributed to injection drug use and heterosexual contact.

Most cases have been among female adults and adolescents in the Northeast and South. More than half of the female adults and adolescents with AIDS attributed to injection drug use resided in the Northeast, and more female adults and adolescents there, in contrast to the other regions, were exposed through injection drug use.

In the South, the majority of female adults and adolescents with AIDS were exposed through heterosexual contact. Approximately 4 to 5 times more cases resided in the South compared to the Midwest and the West.

In the Midwest and West, more female adults and adolescents were exposed through heterosexual contact than injection drug use.

Data for this slide were statistically adjusted for reporting delays and redistribution of cases initially reported without risk.