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HIV/AIDS and Asian Americans

November 29, 2012

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At a Glance -- HIV Infection Cases by Transmission (Adults)

Estimated % of Male Adults or Adolescents (>13 Years) Living With HIV Infection at the End of 2009 by Transmission Category

Transmission

# Asian Cases

% of Asian Cases

# of White Cases

% of White Cases

Male-to-male sexual contact

5,587

82%

189,886

81%

Heterosexual contact

610

9%

8,544

4%

Injection drug use

280

4%

15,366

7%

Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use

288

4%

20,400

9%

Other

51

0.7%

1,414

0.6%

Estimated Total

6,816

 

235,610

 

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 17a.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]


Estimated % of Female Adults or Adolescents (>13 Years) Living With HIV Infection at the End of 2009 by Transmission Category

Transmission

# Asian Cases

% of Asian Cases

# of White Cases

% of White Cases

Heterosexual contact

1,273

87%

23,927

65%

Injection drug use

125

9%

12,173

33%

Other

59

4%

487

1%

Estimated Total

1,457

 

36,587

 

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 17a.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]


At a Glance -- AIDS Cases and Rates (Adults)

Estimated Number of Cases and Rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2010 (United States)
 

# Cases

Rate (per 100,000)

Asian/White Ratio

Asian males

408 

7.5

0.8

White males

7,596

9.1

 

 

Asian females

70

1.2

0.8

White females

1,275

1.5

 

 

Asian (both sexes)

480

3.5

0.8

White (both sexes)

8,875

4.4

 

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 4a.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]


At a Glance -- AIDS Cases and Rates (Children <13 years old)

Estimated Number of Diagnosed Cases and Rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2010 (United States)
 

Cummulative # Cases

# Cases

Rate (per 100,000 Population)

Asian

49

1

0.1

White

1,599

4

0.0

Total Population

9,475

23

0.0

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 6a.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]


At a Glance -- AIDS Cases (Adults and Children)
Estimated Number of Cases of AIDS by Year of Diagnosis, 2010

 

Cumulative # Cases

# Cases

% of Total Cases

Asian

8,759

480

1%

White

429,804

8,875

27%

Total Population

1,129,127

33,015

 

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 2a.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]

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