|
HIV/AIDS in the United States
- An estimated 944,306 AIDS cases have been diagnosed in the United States since the beginning of the epidemic through 2004. Of these cases:
80 percent were among men
19 percent were among women
One percent were among children less than 13 years of age.
- Forty percent of the estimated total AIDS diagnoses are among Whites, 40 percent among Blacks, 19 percent among Hispanics, one percent among Asian/Pacific Islanders and less than one percent among American Indian/Alaska Natives.
- An estimated 38,730 new HIV cases were diagnosed in 2004.
- African Americans account for 50 percent of the estimated new HIV cases diagnosed in 2004.
- The 10 states or territories reporting the highest number of total AIDS diagnoses among their residents are: New York, California, Florida, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Puerto Rico, and Maryland.
- Sixty-eight percent of the total estimated AIDS deaths (529,113) have occurred in people ages 25-44.
- Of the adult and adolescent Hispanic diagnosed with AIDS in the Untied States through 2004, roughly 79 percent were men.
- Men of color represent 57 percent of HIV/AIDS cases diagnosed in 2001 through 2004 among men who had sex with men.
- Women account for 29 percent of the estimated HIV/AIDS cases diagnosed in 2001 through 2004. Among these, Black and Hispanic women account for 83 percent of diagnoses. Among men in the same time period, Black and Hispanic men account for 64 percent of HIV/AIDS diagnoses.
- Persons ages 13-24 account for 11 percent of new HIV/AIDS cases diagnosed in 2001 through 2004. Of these persons, females accounted for 38 percent of the cases.
- Women across racial/ethnic groups most commonly report heterosexual contact or injection drug use as their primary modes of exposure to HIV.
International HIV/AIDS Facts
- In 2005, there were approximately 38.6 million people living with HIV and AIDS in the world. Sub-Saharan Africa is the worst affected region, with 24.5 million cases in adults (age 15+) and children.
- There were 4.1 million new cases of HIV and AIDS in 2005.
- AIDS killed 2.8 million people worldwide in 2005.
- Children under 15 accounted for one in six AIDS-related deaths worldwide, and one in seven new infections.
- More than 1.3 million people were receiving antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries in December 2005, up from approximately 400,000 people two years earlier.
HIV is only spread through
- Direct contact with contaminated blood via dirty needles and open wounds.
- Contaminated blood products and transplanted organs
- Transfer from an infected mother to her child during pregnancy, the birth process and breast feeding.
- Sexual contact with an infected individual.
|
