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Summary Fact Sheet on HIV/AIDS
The HIV/AIDS Epidemic: 20 Years in the U.S.
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AIDS Information in the U.S. |
Statistics |
Number of people living with HIV/AIDS |
Approx. 900,000 |
Number of people who may not know they are HIV pos. |
Approx. 300,000 |
Number of new HIV infections per year |
Approx. 40,000 |
Percent of new HIV infections who are male |
70% |
Percent of new HIV infections who are female |
30% |
Cumulative AIDS cases (as of June 2000) |
753,907 |
Percent of AIDS cases (as of June 2000) who are male |
76% |
Percent of AIDS cases (as of June 2000) who are female |
24% |
Number of new AIDS cases (7/99-6/00) |
43,517 |
Cumulative number who have died from AIDS |
438,795 |
Percent of AIDS deaths who are male |
85% |
Percent of AIDS deaths who are female |
15% |
Number of States affected by HIV/AIDS |
50 + DC and US territories |
Death due to AIDS by race/ethnicity |
AIDS Deaths |
U.S. Population |
White, non-Hispanic |
46% |
71% |
African American |
35% |
12% |
Latino |
17% |
13% |
Asian/Pacific Islander |
1% |
4% |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
<1% |
1% |
Mode of transmission among men |
Percent |
Men who have sex with men (MSM) |
47% |
Injection drug use (IDU) |
25% |
Heterosexual sex |
10% |
Other |
18% |
Mode of transmission among women |
Percent |
Heterosexual sex |
75% |
Injection drug use (IDU) |
25% |
HIV/AIDS among ethnic populations (men) |
AIDS Cases |
U.S. Population (male) |
White, non-Hispanic |
32% |
71% |
African American |
47% |
13% |
Latino |
19% |
12% |
Asian/Pacific Islander |
1% |
4% |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
<1% |
<1% |
HIV/AIDS among ethnic populations (women) |
AIDS Cases |
U.S. Population (female) |
White, non-Hispanic |
19% |
72% |
African American |
63% |
12% |
Latina |
17% |
12% |
Asian/Pacific Islander |
<1% |
4% |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
<1% |
<1% |
Federal spending on HIV/AIDS patient care (FY2000) |
Amount |
Total |
$10.8 Billion |
Health care services |
$6.2 Billion (60%) |
Health care services: Medicaid |
$2.2 Billion (36%) |
Health care services: Medicare |
$1.7 Billion (28%) |
Health care services: Ryan White CARE Act |
$1.6 Billion (26%) |
Health care services: Dept. of Veterans Affairs |
$0.4 Billion (7%) |
Health care services: Other (DHHS, DOD, DOJ) |
$0.3 Billion (3%) |
Research |
$3.2 Billion (19%) |
Prevention |
$0.9 Billion (8%) |
International efforts |
$0.2 Billion (2%) |
Average $ for health care expenditures for an HIV/AIDS pt/month |
$1,359 |
The Worldwide HIV/AIDS Pandemic
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Worldwide HIV/AIDS |
Statistics |
Number of people living with HIV/AIDS |
36.1 million |
Number of people living with HIV/AIDS who are men |
18.3 million |
Number of people living with HIV/AIDS who are women |
16.4 million |
Number of people living with HIV/AIDS who are children |
1.4 million |
Number of new HIV infections per year |
5.3 million |
Number of new HIV infections per day |
15,000 |
Number of new HIV infections in developing countries |
14,250 |
Women infected per day |
7,050 |
Children infected per day |
1,700 |
AIDS cases in 2000 |
3 million |
Percent of AIDS cases in 2000 who were men |
76% |
Percent of AIDS cases in 2000 who were women |
24% |
Percent of AIDS cases in 2000 who were children (under the age of 15) |
16% |
Cumulative number of people who have died from AIDS |
21.8 million |
Percent of AIDS deaths who were men |
59% |
Percent of AIDS deaths who were women |
41% |
Percent of AIDS deaths who were children (under the age of 15) |
20% |
Region
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Adult Prevalence Rate
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Total living with HIV/AIDS
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Newly infected in 2000
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Global |
1.1% |
36.1 M |
5.3 M |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
8.8% |
25.3 M |
3.8 M |
Caribbean |
2.3% |
390,000 |
60,000 |
North America |
0.6% |
920,000 |
43,500 |
South and South-East Asia |
0.6% |
5.8 M |
780,000 |
Latin America |
0.5% |
1.4 M |
150,000 |
Eastern Europe & Central Asia |
0.4% |
700,000 |
250,000 |
Western Europe |
0.2% |
540,000 |
30,000 |
North Africa & Middle East |
0.2% |
400,000 |
80,000 |
Australia & New Zealand |
0.1% |
15,000 |
500 |
East Asia & Pacific |
0.1% |
640,000 |
130,000 |
*AIDS statistics
through June 2000:
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasr1201.htm
The Kaiser Family Foundation:
http://www.kff.org/sections.cgi?section=hivaids
The Surgeon General:
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/aids/tlcastatistics.html
http://www.unaids.org/wac/2000/wad00/files/WAD_epidemic_report.htm
http://www.unaids.org/wac/2000/wad00/files/wad2000Master/index.htm
Department of State's USAID:
http://www.usaid.gov/pop_health/aids/hivaids_activities.html
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS:
http://www.unaids.org/
World Bank AIDS Economics:
http://www.worldbank.org/aids-econ/index.htm
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Office of National AIDS Policy
Summary Fact Sheet on HIV/AIDS
Carol Thompson, Acting Director, White House Office of National AIDS Policy
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