HIV/AIDS and African Americans

Although African Americans are only 13% of the U.S. population, they account for 47% of HIV/AIDS cases in 2005.

African American males had almost 8 times the AIDS rate as non-Hispanic white males.
African American females had over 23 times the AIDS rate as non-Hispanic white females.
African American men were over 9 times as likely to die from HIV/AIDS as non-Hispanic white men.
African American women were over 21 times as likely to die from HIV/AIDS as non-Hispanic white women.

At a Glance -- HIV/AIDS Cases (Adults and Children)

Estimated number of cases of HIV/AIDS by year of diagnosis, 2001-2005 (33 areas with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting)

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

% of total 2005 cases

Non-Hispanic Black

20,868

19,372

18,087

17,389

18,121

47%

Non-Hispanic White

10,925

10,723

10,329

10,639

11,559

30%

Total Population

40,007

37,529

35,678

35,053

37,367

Source: CDC 2007. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2005. v.17. Table 1.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/ 2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf

Estimated number of persons living with HIV/AIDS by year, 2001-2005 (33 areas with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting)

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

% of total 2005 cases

Non-Hispanic Black

181,469

193,797

204,446

214,961

225,815

47%

Non-Hispanic White

132,892

139,947

146,437

153,213

160,746

34%

Total Population

384,529

409,407

431,342

452,239

475,871

Source: CDC 2007. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2005. v.17. Table 8.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/ 2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf

At a Glance -- HIV/AIDS Cases by Transmission (Adults)

Estimated % of male adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2005 by transmission

Transmission

% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White

Male-to-male sexual contact

48%

77%

Injection drug use

23%

9%

Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use

7%

8%

Heterosexual contact

22%

5%

Other

1%

1%

Source: CDC 2007. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2005. v.17. Table 9.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/ 2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf

Estimated % of female adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2005 by transmission

Transmission

% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White

Injection drug use

24%

33%

Heterosexual contact

74%

65%

Other

2%

2%

At a Glance -- HIV (Not AIDS) Cases by Transmission (Male Adults and Adolescents)

Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of HIV infection for male adults or adolescents (>13 years), 2005 only

Transmission

# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Male-to-male sexual contact

4,020

40%

6,261

68%

Injection drug use

915

9%

540

6%

Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use

272

3%

433

5%

Heterosexual contact

1,095

11%

275

3%

Other

3,667

37%

1,681

18%

Total Cases

9,992

9,217

Source: CDC 2007. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2005. v.17. Table 20.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/ 2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf

Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of HIV infection for male adults or adolescents (>13 years), Cumulative to 2005

Transmission

# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Male-to-male sexual contact

25,186

35%

45,696

67%

Injection drug use

10,869

15%

4,954

7%

Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use

3,093

4%

4,595

7%

Heterosexual contact

9,677

13%

2,258

3%

Other

22,720

32%

10,336

15%

Total Cases

71,856

68,376

At a Glance -- HIV (Not AIDS) Cases by Transmission (Female Adults and Adolescents)

Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of HIV infection for female adults or adolescents (>13 years), 2005 only

Transmission

# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Injection drug use

525

8%

424

22%

Heterosexual contact

2,392

38%

731

37%

Other

3,297

53%

801

41%

Total Cases

6,243

1,968

Source: CDC 2007. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2005. v.17. Table 22.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/ 2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf

Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of HIV infection for female adults or adolescents (>13 years), Cumulative to 2005

Transmission

# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Injection drug use

6,445

14%

3,760

25%

Heterosexual contact

21,193

45%

6,714

45%

Other

18,762

40%

4,240

29%

Total Cases

46,756

14,875

At a Glance -- AIDS Cases and Rates (Adults)

Estimated number of cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2005 (50 States and the District of Columbia)

# Cases

Rate (per 100,000)

Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio

Non-Hispanic Black males

13,048

95.1

7.9

Non-Hispanic White males

10,027

12.1

Non-Hispanic Black females

7,093

45.5

22.8

Non-Hispanic White females

1,747

2.0

Non-Hispanic Black

(both sexes)

20,141

68.7

10.0

Non-Hispanic White

(both sexes)

11,773

6.9

Source: CDC 2007. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2005. v.17. Table 5a.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/ 2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf

At a Glance -- AIDS Cases and Rates (Children <13 Years)

Estimated number of cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2005 (50 States and the District of Columbia)

# Cases

Rate (per 100,000 population)

Non-Hispanic Black

46

0.6

Non-Hispanic White

6

0.0

Total Population

68

0.1

At a Glance -- AIDS Cases (Adults and Children)

Estimated number of cases of AIDS by year of diagnosis, 2001-2005

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

% of total 2005 cases

Non-Hispanic Black

19,465

19,559

20,224

19,983

20,187

48%

Non-Hispanic White

11,001

11,274

11,254

11,520

11,780

28%

Total Population

39,327

39,512

40,834

40,665

41,897

Source: CDC 2007. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2005. v.17. Table 3.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/ 2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf

At a Glance -- AIDS Cases (Children Only)

Estimated number of AIDS cases in children <13 years of age, by year of diagnosis, 2001-2005

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

% of total 2005 cases

Non-Hispanic Black

85

72

46

31

46

68%

Non-Hispanic White

13

14

12

6

6

9%

Total Population

121

105

71

50

68

Source: CDC 2007. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2005. v.17. Table 4.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/ 2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf

At a Glance -- AIDS Cases by Transmission (Adults)

Estimated % of male adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with AIDS at the end of 2005 by transmission

Transmission

% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White

Male-to-male sexual contact

44%

75%

Injection drug use

28%

10%

Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use

8%

9%

Heterosexual contact

19%

4%

Other

1%

1%

Source: CDC 2007. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2005. v.17. Table 11.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/ 2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf

Estimated % of female adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with AIDS at the end of 2005 by transmission

Transmission

% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White

Injection drug use

31%

39%

Heterosexual contact

66%

58%

Other

2%

3%

At a Glance -- AIDS Cases by Transmission (Male Adults and Adolescents)

Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of AIDS for male adults or adolescents (>13 years), 2005 only

Transmission

# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Male-to-male sexual contact

4,731

36%

6,820

65%

Injection drug use

2,059

16%

831

8%

Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use

596

4%

799

8%

Heterosexual contact

1,958

15%

344

3%

Other

3,868

29%

1,569

15%

Total Cases

13,260

10,435

Source: CDC 2007. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2005. v.17. Table 19.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/ 2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf

Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of AIDS for male adults or adolescents (>13 years), Cumulative to 2005

Transmission

# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Male-to-male sexual contact

99,269

37%

248,186

73%

Injection drug use

82,233

30%

31,275

9%

Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use

21,260

8%

30,401

9%

Heterosexual contact

28,104

10%

7,454

2%

Other

38,097

14%

15,815

5%

Total Cases

270,771

340,295

At a Glance -- AIDS Cases by Transmission (Female Adults and Adolescents)

Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of AIDS for female adults or adolescents (>13 years), 2005 only

Transmission

# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Injection drug use

1,130

16%

506

28%

Heterosexual contact

3,079

44%

749

42%

Other

2,711

39%

517

29%

Total Cases

6,978

1,794

Source: CDC 2007. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2005. v.17. Table 21.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/ 2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf

Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of AIDS for female adults or adolescents (>13 years), Cumulative to 2005

Transmission

# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Injection drug use

37,977

35%

14,519

40%

Heterosexual contact

46,642

43%

15,094

42%

Other

22,158

20%

4,653

13%

Total Cases

108,451

36,256

At a Glance -- Death Rate

HIV/AIDS Death Rates per 100,000 population (2004)

African Americans

Non-Hispanic White

African American/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio

All ages, Men (age-adjusted)

29.2

3.1

9.4

All ages, Women (age-adjusted)

13.0

0.6

21.7

Age 25-44, Men

39.9

5.5

7.3

Age 25-44, Women

23.1

1.3

17.8

Age 45-64, Men

66.0

6.0

11.0

Age 45-64, Women

22.7

0.9

25.2

Source: CDC 2007. Health, United States 2007. Table 42.
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf#042

At a Glance -- AIDS Deaths

Estimated number of deaths of persons with AIDS by year of death, 2001-2005

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

% of total 2005 cases

African Americans

9,085

8,927

9,077

9,302

8,562

50%

Non-Hispanic White

5,239

5,153

5,263

5,137

5,006

29%

Total Population

17,726

17,318

18,020

18,099

17,011

Source: CDC 2007. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2005. v.17. Table 7.
www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/ 2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf

At a Glance -- HIV Testing

Age-adjusted percent of HIV testing status among persons 18 years of age and over, 2006
	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	50.4%	33.5%	1.5
Never tested	49.6%	66.5%	0.7

Source: CDC 2007. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2006. Table 41.
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_235.pdf

Estimated number of cases of HIV/AIDS by year of diagnosis, 2001-2005 (33 areas with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting)
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	% of total 2005 cases
Non-Hispanic Black	20,868	19,372	18,087	17,389	18,121	47%
Non-Hispanic White	10,925	10,723	10,329	10,639	11,559	30%
Total Population	40,007	37,529	35,678	35,053	37,367

Estimated % of male adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2005 by transmission
Transmission	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White
Male-to-male sexual contact	48%	77%
Injection drug use	23%	9%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	7%	8%
Heterosexual contact	22%	5%
Other	1%	1%

Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of HIV infection for male adults or adolescents (>13 years), 2005 only
Transmission	# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	# of Non-Hispanic White Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	4,020	40%	6,261	68%
Injection drug use	915	9%	540	6%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	272	3%	433	5%
Heterosexual contact	1,095	11%	275	3%
Other	3,667	37%	1,681	18%
Total Cases	9,992		9,217

Estimated number of cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2005 (50 States and the District of Columbia)
	# Cases	Rate (per 100,000)	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Non-Hispanic Black males	13,048	95.1	7.9
Non-Hispanic White males	10,027	12.1

Non-Hispanic Black females	7,093	45.5	22.8
Non-Hispanic White females	1,747	2.0

Non-Hispanic Black (both sexes)	20,141	68.7	10.0
Non-Hispanic White (both sexes)	11,773	6.9

Estimated number of cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2005 (50 States and the District of Columbia)
	# Cases	Rate (per 100,000 population)
Non-Hispanic Black	46	0.6
Non-Hispanic White	6	0.0
Total Population	68	0.1

HIV/AIDS Death Rates per 100,000 population (2004)
	African Americans	Non-Hispanic White	African American/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men (age-adjusted)	29.2	3.1	9.4
All ages, Women (age-adjusted)	13.0	0.6	21.7

Age 25-44, Men	39.9	5.5	7.3
Age 25-44, Women	23.1	1.3	17.8

Age 45-64, Men	66.0	6.0	11.0
Age 45-64, Women	22.7	0.9	25.2