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2015
HIV Among Women, Infants, Children
& Youth (WICY)
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Figure 1. HIV prevalence by WICY category
 Women (25+ years old) comprised over three-fourths of the total
number of HIV cases among WICY.
2%
Infants <1%
21%
Children
 Children (2-12 years old) represented just 67 of 4,418 WICY cases
or about 2 percent of all WICY cases.
Youth
77%
 Youth (13-24 years old) made up the second largest proportion
of all WICY cases (21%).
 Infants (under 2 years old) made up the smallest percentage of
WICY cases (<1%).
Women
Figure 2. WICY currently living with
HIV infection by region
80%
 The majority of women (67%) and
the majority of youth (70%) currently reside in the DMA.
60%
 Inversely, the majority of children
(70%) and the majority of infants
(67%) currently reside in Out-state
Michigan.
40%
 A small proportion of cases among
women and youth were diagnosed
in prison (<1%).
10%
70%
50%
DMA
Out-State
30%
Missing/In Prison
20%
0%
Women
Youth
Children
Infants
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Figures 3 & 4. WICY currently living with HIV infection by race and risk
White
Black
Hispanic
 Sixty-nine percent of women living with HIV have
infections attributed to heterosexual contact.
Other
Infants
 Almost two-thirds of youth were infected via men
who have sex with men behavior including MSM/
injection drug users (IDU).
Children
 The majority of children (71%) and all infants were
infected perinatally.
Youth
Women
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
 The majority of all WICY currently living in Michigan
are black (71% of women, 79% of youth, 71% of children, 67% of infants)
 Twenty-one percent of cases among women are
white.
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Unknown/Other
Perinatal
Heterosexual
Blood Recipient
MSM/IDU
IDU
MSM