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HIV/AIDS Among American Indians and Alaskan Natives

United States, 1981-1997

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

March 6, 1998


TABLE 1. Reported percentage* of American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AI/ANs) and of all persons who had AIDS, by selected characteristics -- United States, cases reported through December 1997

Characteristic  % of AI/ANs with AIDS % of all persons with AIDS
Male
(N=1,491) 		Female
(N=292) 		Total
(N=1,783) 		Male
(N=538,703) 		Female
(N=102,383) 		Total
(N=641,086)
Age group (yrs)**
<13 1 4 2 1 4 1
13-19 1 <1 1 <1 1 <1
20-29 23 24 23 17 22 17
30-39 48 44 48 45 44 45
40-49 21 18 21 26 21 25
50-59 4 7 4 8 6 7
>60 1 2 2 3 3 3
Region***
Northeast 8 10 8 29 44 31
Midwest 12 21 13 9 7 10
South 25 22 25 34 35 34
West 55 47 54 24 9 22
U.S. territories 0 0 0 3 5 3
HIV-exposure category
Men who have sex
with men		 58 - 49 57 - 48
Injecting-drug use 15 44 20 22 42 25
Men who have sex with men and inject drugs 16 - 14 8 - 6
Hemophilia/Coagulation disorder 2 <1 1 1 <1 1
Heterosexual contact 2 36 8 4 38 9
Receipt of blood or blood products 1 5 1 1 3 1
Mother who had or was at risk for HIV infection 1 5 1 1 4 1
Risk not reported or not identified 5 11 6 7 13 8
Population of metropolitan statistical area
>1,000,000 56 56 56 77 76 77
500,000-999,999 12 12 12 7 8 7
50,000-499,999 13 9 12 10 10 10
<50,000 18 23 19 6 6 6
Unknown 1 <1 1 <1 <1 <1

*Percentages may not add to 100% because of rounding.

** Age at time of diagnosis.

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*** Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; and West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

For all persons with AIDS, region was unknown for 336 males and 49 females.

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This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
 
 

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