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July 2004
HIV/AIDS Statistics
HIV/AIDS WORLDWIDE
HIV/AIDS IN THE UNITED STATES
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that
850,000 to 950,000 U.S. residents are living with HIV infection, one-quarter
of whom are unaware of their infection.(2)
- Approximately 40,000 new HIV infections occur each year in the United
States, about 70 percent among men and 30 percent among women. Of
these newly infected people, half are younger than 25 years of age.(3,4)
- Of new infections among men in the United States, CDC estimates
that approximately 60 percent of men were infected through homosexual
sex, 25 percent through injection drug use, and 15 percent through
heterosexual sex. Of newly infected men, approximately 50 percent
are black, 30 percent are white, 20 percent are Hispanic, and a small
percentage are members of other racial/ethnic groups.(4)
- Of new infections among women in the United States, CDC estimates
that approximately 75 percent of women were infected through heterosexual
sex and 25 percent through injection drug use. Of newly infected women,
approximately 64 percent are black, 18 percent are white, 18 percent
are Hispanic, and a small percentage are members of other racial/ethnic
groups.(4)
- The estimated number of AIDS diagnoses through 2002 in the United
States is 886,575. Adult and adolescent AIDS cases total 877,275,
with 718,002 cases in males and 159,271 cases in females. Through
the same time period, 9,300 AIDS cases were estimated in children
under age 13.(5)
- The estimated number of new adult/adolescent AIDS diagnoses in the
United States was 43,225 in 1998, 41,134 in 1999, 42,239 in 2000,
41,227 in 2001, and 42,136 in 2002.(5)
- The estimated number of new pediatric AIDS cases (cases among individuals
younger than age 13) in the United States fell from 952 in 1992 to
92 in 2002.(5)
- The estimated rate of adult/adolescent AIDS diagnoses in the United
States in 2002 (per 100,000 population) was 76.4 among blacks, 26.0
among Hispanics, 11.2 among American Indians/Alaska Natives, 7.0 among
whites, and 4.9 among Asians/Pacific Islanders.(5)
- From 1985 to 2002, the proportion of adult/adolescent AIDS cases
in the United States reported in women increased from 7 percent to
26 percent.(5)
- As of the end of 2002, an estimated 384,906 people in the United
States were living with AIDS.(5)
- As of December 31, 2002, an estimated 501,669 people with AIDS in
the United States had died.(5)
- The estimated annual number of AIDS-related deaths in the United
States fell approximately 14 percent from 1998 to 2002, from 19,005
deaths in 1998 to 16,371 deaths in 2002.(5)
- Of the estimated 16,371 AIDS-related deaths in the United States
in 2002, approximately 52 percent were among blacks, 28 percent among
whites, 19 percent among Hispanics, and less than 1 percent among
Asians/Pacific Islanders and American Indians/Alaska Natives.(5)
REFERENCES
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