The HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet
General U.S. Statistics
- Approximately 40,000 people become infected with HIV each year in the United States.
Glynn M, Rhodes P. Estimated HIV prevalence in the United States at the end of 2003. National HIV Prevention Conference; June 2005; Atlanta. Abstract 595
- In 2005, more people than ever were living with HIV in the United States: 1.2 million. Nationally, HIV prevalence among adults was estimated at .6 percent. This increase reflects mixed results in the United States’ efforts to combat the epidemic. On one hand, more people with HIV are living longer due to antiretroviral treatment, which averted or delayed deaths for between 33,000 and 42,000 people between 1995 and 2002 (Holtgrave, 2006). On the other hand, the early gains made on the prevention front have not been sustained.
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- In 2004, approximately 38,730 new diagnoses of HIV infection were reported from the 35 areas with a history of confidential name-based reporting. Of these cases, 73 percent were males, 27 percent were females, and less than 1 percent were children under 13 years of age. Note: Reporting states do not include California and New York, which have the highest number of persons living with HIV.
CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 2004, Vol. 16
- Since the first reports of AIDS in the United States in 1981, at least 1.6 million people are estimated to have been infected with HIV in the United States.
CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Vol. 16, 2005
- As of the end of 2004, more than 940,000 U.S. AIDS cases had been diagnosed, including 42,514 in 2004. This represents a 2 percent increase over the number of AIDS cases diagnosed in 2003.
CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Vol. 16, 2005
- As of the end of 2004, there had been an estimated 529,113 deaths among people with AIDS in the United States, including 15,798 deaths in 2004.
CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Vol. 16, 2005
- Of the more than 1 million people estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS in the United States, approximately one-fourth (24 percent) are unaware of their HIV status.
Glynn, K., Rhodes, P. “Estimated HIV Prevalence in the United States at the End of 2003,” 2005 National HIV Prevention Conference, June 2005
- From 2000 through 2004, the estimated number of AIDS-related deaths in the United States decreased among children less than 13 years of age and in the following age groups: 15 to 19 years, 25 to 29 years, 30 to 34 years, 35 to 39 years, 40 to 44 years, and 45 to 49 years. The estimated number of deaths increased in the following age groups: 13 to 14 years, 20 to 24 years, 50 to 54 years, 55 to 59 years, 60 to 64 years, and 65 years and older.
CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Vol. 16, 2005
- From 2001 through 2004, the estimated number of HIV/AIDS cases in the United States decreased among children less than 13 years of age and in the following age groups: 13 to 14 years, 30 to 34 years, 35 to 39 years, 40 to 44 years, and 45 to 49 years. The estimated number of HIV/AIDS cases remained stable among 25 to 29 year-olds, and increased in the following age groups: 15 to 19 years, 20 to 24 years, 50 to 54 years, 55 to 59 years, 60 to 64 years, and 65 years and older.
CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Vol. 16, 2005
- African Americans make up just over 12 percent of the U.S. population (according to the 2000 Census), but account for 50 percent of new HIV diagnoses in the 35 areas with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting. Hispanics, who comprise 14 percent of the population in the United States and Puerto Rico, account for about 18 percent of new HIV diagnoses (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005a).
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HIV/AIDS and Children: U.S. Statistics
- Through December 2004, the United States had a cumulative number of 9,381 reported pediatric AIDS cases (among children under 13 years of age).
CDC, Table 14, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States, 2004, Volume 16, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, CDC, Department of Health and Human Services, 2005.
- In 2004, 431 cases of HIV infection (not AIDS) in children were reported in the United States.
CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 2004, Volume 16
- From 2000 to 2004, the estimated number of AIDS cases in the United States decreased 61 percent among children less than 13 years of age.
CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 2004, Volume 16
- In 2004, 0.3 percent of all new AIDS cases in the United States, or 122 cases, were pediatric (children under 13 years of age), with 32 in New York, 22 in Florida, and 12 in California.
CDC, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention-Surveillance and Epidemiology, Special Data Request, November 2005
- Of the estimated 6,804 children living with HIV/AIDS in the United States, 90 percent were exposed perinatally (or before birth).
Note: Reporting from the 35 areas with name-based HIV infection reporting.
CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Vol. 16, 2004 (Table 8)
HIV/AIDS and Gender: U.S. Statistics
- From 2000 through 2004, the estimated number of AIDS cases in the United States increased 10 percent among females and 7 percent among males.
CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 2004, Volume 16
- Males made up 80.8 percent of the cumulative reported AIDS cases in the United States through 2004, while females made up 19.2 percent.
CDC, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention-Surveillance and Epidemiology, Special Data Request, November 2005
- Unprotected sex is not the only way that women in the United States are being infected with HIV. About one-fourth of American women newly diagnosed with HIV in 2003 were infected while injecting drugs, while about 20 percent of new HIV infections overall in the United States are attributable to injection drug use (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004a). However, for many of the women who acquired HIV during sex, the main risk factor appears to have been the risky behavior of their male partners, including injection drug use, commercial sex, or sex with other men
(McMahon et al. 2004; Valleroy et al., 2004; Montgomery et al., 2003).
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- According to data from 35 states with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting, of the estimated 123,405 female adults and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in the United States at the end of 2004, 71 percent had been exposed through heterosexual contact and 27 percent had been exposed through injection drug use.
CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 2004, Volume 16
- According to data from 35 states with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting, of the estimated 332,578 male adults and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in the United States at the end of 2004, 60 percent were exposed through sex with other men (MSM), 19 percent were exposed through injection drug use, 13 percent were exposed through heterosexual contact, and 7 percent were exposed through both MSM and injection drug use.
CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 2004, Volume 16
- African American women are up to 12 times more likely to be infected with HIV than their white counterparts. AIDS is the leading cause of death among African American women aged 25 to 34 years and ranks in the top three causes of death for African American men aged 25 to 54 years (U.S. Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention, 2004b).
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