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 2. Reported number and percentage of American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AI/ ANs) aged >13 years who had HIV infection (without AIDS), compared with those who had AIDS, by selected characteristics -- 25 states,* 1994-1997

Characteristic	AI/ANs with HIV		AI/ANs with AIDS
Characteristic	No.	(%)	No.	(%)
Sex
Male	180	(67.4)	259	(79.2)
Female	87	(32.6)	68	(20.8)
Age group (yrs)
13-19	14	(5.2)	2	(0.6)
20-29	106	(39.7)	68	(20.8)
30-39	102	(38.2)	165	(50.5)
40-49	37	(13.9)	79	(24.2)
50-59	6	(2.2)	11	(3.4)
>60	2	(0.8)	2	(0.6)
HIV-exposure category
Men who have sex with men	81	(30. 3)	134	(41. 0)
Injecting-drug use	52	(19.5)	67	(20.5)
Men who have sex with men and inject drugs	31	(11.6)	35	(10.7)
Hemophilia/Coagulation disorder	0	(0.0)	7	(2.1)
Heterosexual contact	48	(18.0)	43	(13. 1)
Receipt of blood or blood products	1	(0.4)	1	(0.3)
Risk not reported or not identified	54	(20.2)	40	(12.2)
Total	267	(100.0)	327	(100.0)
*Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

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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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