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HIV/AIDS In The United
States
J.A
D.D
A.S
Table of Contents
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Epidemiology
AIDS in the United States
AIDS by ethnicity
AIDS by exposure category
AIDS deaths and diagnoses
• Top Ten Cities/Dependencies
• AIDS In New York
What Is Epidemiology?
• The branch of
medicine dealing with
the incidence and
prevalence of disease
in large populations
and with detection of
the source and cause
of epidemics of
infectious disease.
AIDS In The United States
• AIDS was first identified
in the USA in 1981. The
epidemic has now spread
to every part of the USA
and to all sectors of
society.
• It is thought that more
than one million people
are living with HIV in the
USA and that more than
half a million have died
after developing AIDS.
AIDS Cases By Ethnicity
• At the end of 2005, the CDC estimates that 437,982 people
were living with AIDS in the USA. The chart below shows
the ethnicities of these people, revealing that African
Americans have been disproportionately affected.
HIV Diagnoses By Race And
Year (33 states only)
AIDS Diagnoses By Race And Year
(50 states)
AIDS Cases By Exposure
Category
• The charts below show how adults and adolescents living
with AIDS most likely became infected with HIV. Around
77% of adults and adolescents living with AIDS are men.
Estimated Adult And Adolescent
HIV diagnoses In 2005 By
exposure category (33 states only)
Estimated adult and adolescent
AIDS diagnoses by exposure
category (50 states and D.C.)
Estimated adult and adolescent males
living with AIDS by race/ethnicity and
exposure category, all years to the end
of 2005 (50 states and D.C.)
Estimated adult and adolescent females
living with AIDS by race/ethnicity and
exposure category, all years to the end
of 2005 (50 states and D.C.)
HIV/AIDS diagnoses and
deaths by age
AIDS diagnoses and deaths of
persons with AIDS in the USA
by year
AIDS diagnoses and deaths of
persons with AIDS in the USA
by year (cont)
AIDS Cases
Top 10 AIDS Cases by
State/Dependent Area
AIDS in New York
New York
• Persons who had HIV diagnosed during 2001 were more likely to
be female, non-Hispanic black, younger (aged <45 years), and
residents of the Bronx or Brooklyn.
• Among the 6,662 persons who had HIV diagnosed during 2001, a
total of 4,325 (65%) were male, and 2,337 (35%) were female
• Non-Hispanic blacks accounted for 54%, Hispanics, 29%, nonHispanic whites, 15%
• Of the 3,981 (60%) HIV-infected persons for whom transmission
risk data were available, 1,534 (39%) were males who reported
having sex with other males, 1,337 (34%) had high-risk
heterosexual contact*, and 1,033 (26%) reported injection-drug
use.
Bibliography
• http://www.avert.org/statsum.htm
• http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm
• http://www.unaids.org/en/HIV_data/epi2006/default.as
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• http://www.who.int/globalatlas/default.asp