HIV/AIDS Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men -- United States, 1989-1998
Table 1
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
January 14, 2000
Number and rate of AIDS cases and deaths from AIDS among men aged >13 years who have sex with men, and estimated number and percentage in whom AIDS was diagnosed, by race/ ethnicity, age at diagnosis, geographic region, and size of metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
United States, 1996-1998 |
Char-
acteristic |
White, Non-Hispanic |
Black, Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic |
Asian/Pacific Islander |
American Indian/
Alaska Native |
Total(1) |
| Number of Cases(2) |
| 1996 |
13,903 |
7,534 |
4,197 |
311 |
81 |
26,068 |
| 1997 |
10,098 |
6,491 |
3,523 |
225 |
75 |
20,464 |
| 1998 |
8,678 |
5,958 |
3,224 |
192 |
55 |
18,153 |
| AIDS Rate(3) |
| 1996 |
17.9 |
66.2 |
39.3 |
9.1 |
11.3 |
25.0 |
| 1997 |
12.9 |
56.2 |
31.8 |
6.3 |
10.4 |
19.5 |
| 1998 |
11.0 |
50.7 |
29.0 |
5.2 |
7.4 |
17.1 |
| Number of Deaths(4) |
| 1996 |
9,423 |
4,495 |
2,271 |
181 |
56 |
16,436 |
| 1997 |
4,381 |
2,718 |
1,171 |
91 |
34 |
8,401 |
| 1998 |
3,332 |
2,135 |
917 |
57 |
21 |
6,467 |
| |
No. |
(%) |
No. |
(%) |
No. |
(%) |
No. |
(%) |
No. |
(%) |
Total |
| Age (in Years) at AIDS Diagnosis |
| 13-24 |
526 |
(2) |
933 |
(5) |
521 |
(5) |
31 |
(4) |
7 |
(4) |
2,019 |
| 25-29 |
2,994 |
(9) |
2, 710 |
(13) |
1, 674 |
(15) |
86 |
(12) |
28 |
(13) |
7,510 |
| 30-39 |
15,323 |
(47) |
9, 417 |
(47) |
5, 180 |
(47) |
314 |
(43) |
113 |
(53) |
30,411 |
| 40-49 |
9,460 |
(29) |
4, 769 |
(24) |
2, 446 |
(23) |
215 |
(30) |
46 |
(22) |
16,975 |
| >50 |
4,376 |
(13) |
2,154 |
(11) |
1,123 |
(10) |
82 |
(11) |
17 |
(8) |
7,770 |
| Region(5) and MSA Size(6) |
| Northeast |
| >500,000 |
4, 875 |
(15) |
3, 815 |
(19) |
2, 191 |
(20) |
104 |
(14) |
5 |
(2) |
11,084 |
| <500,000 |
657 |
(2) |
226 |
(1) |
110 |
(1) |
3 |
( |
0 |
(0) |
1,006 |
| North Central |
| >500,000 |
3,136 |
(9) |
2, 485 |
(12) |
323 |
(3) |
31 |
(4) |
15 |
(7) |
5,992 |
| <500,000 |
1,347 |
(4) |
268 |
(1) |
83 |
( |
2 |
( |
10 |
(5) |
1,710 |
| South |
| >500,000 |
9,142 |
(28) |
8, 016 |
(40) |
2, 826 |
(26) |
73 |
(10) |
33 |
(16) |
20,097 |
| <500,000 |
3,253 |
(11) |
2, 561 |
(13) |
392 |
(4) |
12 |
(2) |
20 |
(9) |
6,242 |
| West |
| >500,000 |
8,844 |
(27) |
2, 269 |
(11) |
3, 807 |
(35) |
453 |
(62) |
83 |
(39) |
15,471 |
| <500,000 |
1,282 |
(4) |
146 |
(1) |
311 |
(3) |
42 |
(6) |
45 |
(21) |
1,830 |
| Territories |
| >500,000 |
2 |
( |
0 |
(0) |
568 |
(5) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
570 |
| <500,000 |
6 |
( |
16 |
( |
291 |
(2) |
4 |
(1) |
0 |
(0) |
317 |
- Estimates are adjusted for delays in reporting of AIDS cases and anticipated redistribution of cases initially reported with no identified
risk; data reported to CDC through June 1999.
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- Row totals include men for whom race/ ethnicity was unknown or missing; column totals may include men for whom information
was missing for some categories.
- Per 100,000 males aged >13 years.
- Estimates are adjusted for delays in reporting of deaths and anticipated redistribution of cases initially reported with no identified
risk; data reported to CDC through June 1999.
- Northeast = Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; North Central = 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; West = Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
- Areas with <500, 000 population include areas not in MSAs.
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