HIV/AIDS in NEW JERSEY

The following data represent the cumulative totals of reported AIDS cases in New Jersey. Included are the total number of reported AIDS cases, and the number of reported AIDS cases by demographic category in New Jersey.

Total Reported AIDS Cases

• In New Jersey, the cumulative number of reported AIDS cases from the beginning of the epidemic in 1981 through 1996, is 32,926.
• 3,613 cases were reported in New Jersey in the past year.

• In New Jersey, the cumulative total number of reported AIDS cases among the following populations is:

Reported AIDS Cases By Gender

• In New Jersey, 26.51% of the total number of reported AIDS cases are among Women.

Reported AIDS Cases By Age

• In New Jersey, the percentage of the cumulative total number of reported AIDS cases among the following age groups is:

  Pediatric- Adolescent and Young Adults- Adults-

  2.03% 3.11% 94.86%

  
  * Data in this summary was compiled by AIDS Action Council. Epidemiological data was provided by the Centers for Disease Control. Funding amounts were provided by the appropriate federal agency, and are from the most current fiscal year that state-by-state data is available.

  
  

  FUNDING

  The State of New Jersey received a total of $76,051,117 in federal funding for AIDS programs in FY 1996.

  Prevention

  • In FY 1996, $39,240,854 was provided to New Jersey by the CDC for prevention programs. These funds were allocated to state and local health departments and community-based organizations to finance counseling and testing programs, public information and health education/risk reduction activities, and for monitoring the epidemic (AIDS case surveillance programs).

  Care

  1. Ryan White CARE Act

  • In FY 1996, $39,240,854 was provided to New Jersey by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for health care and supportive services for people living with AIDS (PLWAs) under the Ryan White CARE Act.

  Title I -- $19,516,038
  -- Emergency funds to for care services to the following metropolitan areas: Bergen/Passaic $3,369,095; Jersey City $3,767,874; Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon $2,198,883; Newark $9,725,848 and Vineland/Millville/Bridgeton $454,338.

  Title II -- $13,135,111
  -- Funds to state health depts. for medical and support services for PLWAs $10,181,949.
  -- AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), funding for the purchase of HIV/AIDS prescription drugs - $2,953,162

  Title IIIB -- $3,236,817
  -- Funds to community-based clinics and migrant health clinics to provide outpatient early intervention and primary medical services for PLWAs.

  Title IV -- $2,370,750
  -- Funds to support pediatric, adolescent, and family HIV care programs.

  Title V
  -- Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) - $102,931
  -- AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Programs - $564,481
  -- HIV/AIDS Dental Reimbursement Program - $314,726

  2. Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA)

  • In FY 1996, $9,786,000 in formula grants and $755,692 in competitive grants were provided to New Jersey by the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA) program. HOPWA provides for HIV-specific housing programs, 90% through formula grants, and the remaining 10% on a competitive basis to projects of national significance.

  Research

  National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  • In FY 1996, the NIH allocated $9,377,594 to universities and other institutions in New Jersey to conduct AIDS research.

  
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