2008 Woodie Awards
HIV/AIDS Statistics
By Ryan Johnston
Issue date: 10/26/07 Section: Premiere
Originally published: 10/25/07 at 6:20 PM CSTLast update: 10/26/07 at 9:18 AM CST
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AIDS cases by age
Ages 13-19: 6, 354
Ages 20-24: 34,795
Ages 25-29: 114,141
Ages 30-34: 93,926
Ages 35-39: 208,505
Ages 40-44: 164,697
Ages 45-49: 102,732
Ages 50-54: 56,950
Ages 55-59: 30,424
Ages 60-64: 16,493
Ages 65 or older: 14,503
AIDS cases by race/ethnicity
White 385,537
Black 397,548
Hispanic 155,179
Asian 7,659
American Indian 3,238
*Includes persons with a diagnosis of AIDS from the beginning of the epidemic through 2005.
AIDS cases by transmission
Male-to-male sexual contact 452,111
Injection drug use 241,364
Contact and injection drug use 65,881
High-risk heterosexual contact 163,609
Other* 20,560
* Includes hemophilia, blood transfusion, perinatal, and risk not reported or not
identified.
Top 10 AIDS cases by state/territory
New York 172,377
California 139,019
Florida 100,809
Texas 67,227
New Jersey 48,431
Illinois 32,595
Pennsylvania 31,977
Georgia 30,405
Maryland 29,116
Puerto Rico 29,092
*Includes 50 states/territory and District of Columbia and persons with a diagnosis of AIDS from the beginning of the epidemic through 2005.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm.
Ages 13-19: 6, 354
Ages 20-24: 34,795
Ages 25-29: 114,141
Ages 30-34: 93,926
Ages 35-39: 208,505
Ages 40-44: 164,697
Ages 45-49: 102,732
Ages 50-54: 56,950
Ages 55-59: 30,424
Ages 60-64: 16,493
Ages 65 or older: 14,503
AIDS cases by race/ethnicity
White 385,537
Black 397,548
Hispanic 155,179
Asian 7,659
American Indian 3,238
*Includes persons with a diagnosis of AIDS from the beginning of the epidemic through 2005.
AIDS cases by transmission
Male-to-male sexual contact 452,111
Injection drug use 241,364
Contact and injection drug use 65,881
High-risk heterosexual contact 163,609
Other* 20,560
* Includes hemophilia, blood transfusion, perinatal, and risk not reported or not
identified.
Top 10 AIDS cases by state/territory
New York 172,377
California 139,019
Florida 100,809
Texas 67,227
New Jersey 48,431
Illinois 32,595
Pennsylvania 31,977
Georgia 30,405
Maryland 29,116
Puerto Rico 29,092
*Includes 50 states/territory and District of Columbia and persons with a diagnosis of AIDS from the beginning of the epidemic through 2005.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm.
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