Who's Getting Infected in America

By Percent Racial/Ethnic Percentages of New HIV/AIDS Diagnoses in 2004 Black: 50 percent White: 30 percent Latino: 18 percent Other Ethnicities: 2 percent	Source: CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2004. Vol. 16, Table 1. Data based on 35 states with long-term HIV tracking systems that count infections by recording patients' names.
In Numbers Number of New HIV/AIDS Diagnoses by Race/Ethnicity in 2004 Black: 19,206 White: 11,806 Latino: 6,970 Other Ethnicities: 602 Total: 38,584	Source: CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2004. Vol. 16, Table 1. Data based on 35 states with long-term HIV tracking systems that count infections by recording patients' names.

20 Years of Diagnoses

Racial/Ethnic Percentages of Annual AIDS Diagnoses, 1985-2004

Source: CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance by Race/Ethnicity. Online slide set at www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/slides/race-ethnicity, accessed September 3, 2007.

Positive Americans Racial/Ethnic Percentages of All People Living with HIV/AIDS (as of 2004) Black: 48 percent White: 34 percent Latino: 17 percent Other Ethnicities: 1 percent	Source: CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2004. Vol. 16, Table 9. Data based on 35 states with long-term HIV tracking systems that count infections by recording patients' names.
Where Newly HIV+ Live Regional Percentages of New HIV Diagnoses, 2001-2004 South: 55 percent Northeast: 29 percent Midwest: 11 percent West: 5 percent	Source: CDC. Trends in HIV/AIDS Diagnoses -- 33 States, 2001-2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Nov. 18, 2005.

An Up-Close Look at Today's Infections

Women New HIV Infections Among Women in 2004 Black: 67 percent White: 17 percent Latino: 13 percent Other Ethnicities: 2 percent	Source: CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance by Race/Ethnicity online slide set, Slide 16. Data based on 33 states with HIV tracking systems that count infections by recording patients' names since at least 2000.
Men New HIV Infections Among Men in 2004 Black: 43 percent White: 36 percent Latino: 20 percent Other Ethnicities: 1 percent	Source: CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance by Race/Ethnicity online slide set, Slide 15. Data based on 33 states with HIV tracking systems that count infections by recording patients' names since at least 2000.
Youth New HIV/AIDS Cases Among Teens in 2004 Black: 70 percent White: 15 percent Latino: 13 percent Other Ethnicities: 2 percent	Source: CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Adolescents and Young Adults online slide set, Slide 6. Data based on 33 states with HIV tracking systems that count infections by recording patients' names since at least 2000.

How Black Americans Get Infected

Men Transmission Routes of HIV Diagnoses Among Black Men, 2001-2004 Sex with men: 49 percent Sex with women: 25 percent Injection drug use: 19 percent Sex with men and injection drug use: 5 percent Other: 1 percent	Source: CDC. Trends in HIV/AIDS Diagnoses -- 33 States, 2001-2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Nov. 18, 2005.
Women Transmission Routes of HIV Diagnoses Among Black Women, 2001-2004 Sex with men: 78 percent Injection drug use: 19 percent Other: 3 percent	Source: CDC. Trends in HIV/AIDS Diagnoses -- 33 States, 2001-2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Nov. 18, 2005.
Unanswered Questions HIV Risk of Male Sex Partners of Black Women Who Tested Positive in 2004 Unknown: 77 percent Injection drug use: 17 percent Sex with men: 6 percent Other: Less than 1 percent	Source: CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2004. Vol. 16, Table 22. Data based on 42 states with long-term HIV tracking systems that count infections by recording patients' names in 2004.

Who's Still Dying of AIDS in America

A Record of Lives Lost

Annual AIDS Deaths by Race/Ethnicity, 1985-2004

Year of Death	White, not Hispanic	Black, not Hispanic	Hispanic	Other Ethnicities	All Groups	Percent Black
1985	4,005	1,757	1,021	36	6,819	25.77%
1986	7,011	3,029	1,807	74	11,921	25.41%
1987	8,886	4,554	2,492	106	16,038	28.40%
1988	10,930	6,108	3,500	199	20,692	29.52%
1989	14,452	8,028	4,625	143	27,328	29.38%
1990	16,434	9,107	5,208	238	30,987	29.39%
1991	18,719	10,939	6,173	319	36,150	30.26%
1992	20,157	13,205	7,064	326	40,752	32.40%
1993	21,300	15,278	7,604	413	44,595	34.26%
1994	22,538	17,806	8,759	516	49,477	35.99%
1995	21,968	19,062	9,136	539	50,705	37.59%
1996	14,558	15,894	6,904	386	37,742	42.11%
1997	7,351	10,464	4,079	231	22,125	47.02%
1998	6,082	8,997	3,371	186	18,636	48.28%
1999	5,620	8,860	3,232	184	17,896	49.51%
2000	5,310	8,560	3,010	159	17,039	50.24%
2001	5,184	8,962	3,188	178	17,512	51.18%
2002	5,205	8,929	3,103	175	17,412	51.28%
2003	5,081	8,905	3,529	154	17,669	50.40%
2004	4,309	7,939	3,212	173	15,633	50.78%
Cumulative	225,100	196,383	91,017	4,770	517,270	37.96%

Source: CDC. Deaths among Adults and Adolescents with AIDS by Race/Ethnicity, 1985-2004, United States. Black AIDS Institute requested data.

Blacks' Share Blacks as Percentage of Total AIDS Deaths (as of 2004) Whites: 43 percent Blacks: 38 percent Latinos: 18 percent Other Ethnicities: 1 percent

Source: CDC. Deaths among Adults and Adolescents with AIDS by Race/Ethnicity, 1985-2004, United States. Black AIDS Institute requested data.

No. 2 Cause

Five Leading Causes of Death Among Blacks, Ages 25-44 (as of 2002)

1. Heart Disease
2. HIV Infection
3. Unintentional Injury
4. Assault
5. Malignant Tumors

Source: CDC. National Vital Statistics Reports, Deaths: Leading Causes for 2002. Public Health Service, 2003 (Vol. 53, No. 17)

The National Picture: Black AIDS State-by-State

Percentage of people living with AIDS in each state who is African American, as of 2004. In 15 states, more than half of the population of people living with AIDS is Black.

Source: Statehealthfacts.org. All percentages have been rounded.

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State-by-State Black AIDS Rates vs. Black Census Figures

	% of AIDS Cases	% of Black Pop.			% of AIDS Cases	% of Black Pop.
Alabama	63%	26%		Missouri	41%	11%
Alaska	10%	3%		Montana	4%	<1%
Arizona	9%	3%		Nebraska	25%	4%
Arkansas	40%	16%		Nevada	22%	7%
California	19%	6%		New Hampshire	12%	1%
Colorado	14%	4%		New Jersey	55%	13%
Connecticut	33%	9%		New Mexico	4%	2%
Delaware	68%	19%		New York	46%	15%
District of Columbia	82%	57%		North Carolina	69%	21%
				North Dakota	16%	1%
Florida	49%	15%		Ohio	42%	12%
Georgia	70%	29%		Oklahoma	21%	7%
Hawaii	5%	2%		Oregon	7%	2%
Idaho	4%	<1%		Pennsylvania	53%	10%
Illinois	52%	15%		Rhode Island	27%	5%
Indiana	33%	8%		South Carolina	73%	29%
Iowa	18%	2%		South Dakota	16%	1%
Kansas	21%	6%		Tennessee	52%	16%
Kentucky	31%	7%		Texas	35%	11%
Louisiana	66%	32%		Utah	8%	1%
Maine	6%	1%		Vermont	10%	1%
Maryland	80%	27%		Virginia	59%	19%
Massachusetts	29%	6%		Washington	14%	3%
Michigan	58%	14%		West Virginia	22%	3%
Minnesota	31%	4%		Wisconsin	37%	6%
Mississippi	73%	37%		Wyoming	3%	1%

Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention-Surveillance and Epidemiology, Special Data Request, November 2005. Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2004 and 2005 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and Economic Supplements).