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HIV Among Black Persons in
Michigan
New diagnoses remained stable
among black persons overall between
2009 and 2013, however the rate
among black females decreased by an
average of 7 percent per year.
 Black persons make up 14 percent of the popu-
lation but represent 57 percent of all HIV cases
in Michigan.
 It is estimated that 1 out of 102 black males and
1 out of 290 black females are currently living
with HIV in Michigan.
Figure 1. Stage of infection among black males
and females currently living with HIV
4,000
Black males
Black females
3,500
Number of cases
FACTSHEET
2015
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
 Twenty-one percent of black males and 18 per-
HIV, non-stage 3
HIV, stage 3 (AIDS)
www.michigan.gov/hivstd
Age at diagnosis
cent of black females had late diagnoses of HIV
infection.
Figure 2. Black persons currently living with HIV infection by age
 MDHHS estimates that 11,060 black per-
60+
50-59
40-49
30-39
25-29
20-24
13-19
0-12
sons are living with HIV in Michigan. Of
those, 9,111 are reported cases.
 The majority of living cases among black
persons (29%) were between the ages of
30 and 39 years old at diagnosis.
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
 Twenty-eight percent of all living cases
among black persons were among youth
(ages 13-24) at diagnosis.
Number of cases
Figure 3. Black males and females currently living with HIV infection by risk
20%
 Sixty-four percent of black
males living with HIV have infections attributed to men who
have sex with men behavior
(MSM),
including
MSM/
injection drug users (IDU).
BLACK FEMALES
7%
3%
16%
14%
 Two-thirds of black female cas66%
es included sexual contact with
a male.
 Injection drug use (IDU) was a
factor in 14 percent of black
female cases and 12 percent of
black male cases.
1%
IDU
HCM
Perinatal
Undetermined
4%
60%
8%
MSM
IDU
MSM/IDU
HCFR
Perinatal
Undetermined
BLACK MALES
HCM = Heterosexual contact with male
HCFR = Heterosexual contact with female of known risk