HIV/AIDS and Hispanic Americans

Hispanic Americans accounted for 18% of all HIV/AIDS cases in 2005. Hispanic males are 3 times as likely to have AIDS in 2005 as compared to non-Hispanic white males. Hispanic females are over 5 times as likely to have AIDS in 2005 as non-Hispanic white females. Hispanic men were 2.6 times as likely as non-Hispanic white men to die of HIV/AIDS in 2004. Hispanic women were four times as likely as non-Hispanic white women to die of HIV/AIDS in 2004.

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

Hispanic

7,400

6,654

6,534

6,251

6,782

18%

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

Hispanic

63,526

68,405

72,682

76,792

81,389

17%

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 Hispanic Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White

Male-to-male sexual contact

55%

77%

Injection drug use

24%

9%

Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use

6%

8%

Heterosexual contact

14%

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 Hispanic Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White

Injection drug use

29%

33%

Heterosexual contact

69%

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 Hispanic Cases

% of Hispanic Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Male-to-male sexual contact

2,201

44%

6,261

68%

Injection drug use

1,126

22%

540

6%

Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use

155

3%

433

5%

Heterosexual contact

485

10%

275

3%

Other

1,079

21%

1,681

18%

Total Cases

5,055

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 Hispanic Cases

% of Hispanic Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Male-to-male sexual contact

12,063

44%

45,696

67%

Injection drug use

5,634

21%

4,954

7%

Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use

1,096

4%

4,595

7%

Heterosexual contact

2,520

9%

2,258

3%

Other

6,073

22%

10,336

15%

Total Cases

27,458

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 Hispanic Cases

% of Hispanic Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Injection drug use

327

16%

424

22%

Heterosexual contact

951

48%

731

37%

Other

697

35%

801

41%

Total Cases

1,986

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 Hispanic Cases

% of Hispanic Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Injection drug use

2,028

19%

3,760

25%

Heterosexual contact

5,240

49%

6,714

45%

Other

3,412

32%

4,240

29%

Total Cases

10,744

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)

Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio

Hispanic males

5,949

36.0

3.0

Non-Hispanic White males

10,027

12.1

Hispanic females

1,714

11.2

5.6

Non-Hispanic White females

1,747

2.0

Hispanic
(both sexes)

7,662

24.0

3.5

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 Old)

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)

Hispanic

13

0.1

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

Hispanic

6,847

6,711

7,291

7,099

7,676

18%

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

Hispanic

23

16

11

9

13

19%

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 Hispanic Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White

Male-to-male sexual contact

56%

75%

Injection drug use

25%

10%

Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use

7%

9%

Heterosexual contact

12%

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 Hispanic Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White

Injection drug use

32%

39%

Heterosexual contact

66%

58%

Other

3%

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 Hispanic Cases

% of Hispanic Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Male-to-male sexual contact

2,884

44%

6,820

65%

Injection drug use

1,213

19%

831

8%

Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use

293

4%

799

8%

Heterosexual contact

740

11%

344

3%

Other

1,392

21%

1,569

22%

Total Cases

6,540

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 Hispanic Cases

% of Hispanic Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Male-to-male sexual contact

61,824

43%

248,186

73%

Injection drug use

45,068

32%

31,275

9%

Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use

10,390

7%

30,401

9%

Heterosexual contact

10,301

7%

7,454

2%

Other

13,841

10%

15,815

5%

Total Cases

142,523

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 Hispanic Cases

% of Hispanic Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Injection drug use

371

19%

506

28%

Heterosexual contact

990

51%

749

42%

Other

578

30%

517

29%

Total Cases

1,951

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 Hispanic Cases

% of Hispanic Cases

# of Non-Hispanic White Cases

% of Non-Hispanic White Cases

Injection drug use

12,407

36%

14,519

40%

Heterosexual contact

16,964

49%

15,094

42%

Other

4,570

13%

4,653

13%

Total Cases

34,614

36,256

At a Glance -- Death Rate

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

Hispanic

Non-Hispanic White

Hispanic /Non-Hispanic White Ratio

All ages, Men
(age-adjusted)

8.2

3.1

2.6

All ages, Women
(age-adjusted)

2.4

0.6

4.0

Age 25-44, Men

9.3

5.5

1.7

Age 25-44, Women

3.1

1.3

2.4

Age 45-64, Men

19.4

6.0

3.2

Age 45-64, Women

5.0

0.9

5.6

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

Hispanic

2,436

2,306

2,774

2,664

2,444

14%

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

Hispanic

Non-Hispanic White

Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio

Ever tested

37.3%

33.5%

1.1

Never tested

62.7%

66.5%

0.9

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
Hispanic	7,400	6,654	6,534	6,251	6,782	18%
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 Hispanic Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White
Male-to-male sexual contact	55%	77%
Injection drug use	24%	9%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	6%	8%
Heterosexual contact	14%	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 Hispanic Cases	% of Hispanic Cases	# of Non-Hispanic White Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	2,201	44%	6,261	68%
Injection drug use	1,126	22%	540	6%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	155	3%	433	5%
Heterosexual contact	485	10%	275	3%
Other	1,079	21%	1,681	18%
Total Cases	5,055		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)	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Hispanic males	5,949	36.0	3.0
Non-Hispanic White males	10,027	12.1

Hispanic females	1,714	11.2	5.6
Non-Hispanic White females	1,747	2.0

Hispanic (both sexes)	7,662	24.0	3.5
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)
Hispanic	13	0.1
Non-Hispanic White	6	0.0
Total Population	68	0.1

HIV/AIDS Death Rates per 100,000 population (2004)
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men (age-adjusted)	8.2	3.1	2.6
All ages, Women (age-adjusted)	2.4	0.6	4.0

Age 25-44, Men	9.3	5.5	1.7
Age 25-44, Women	3.1	1.3	2.4

Age 45-64, Men	19.4	6.0	3.2
Age 45-64, Women	5.0	0.9	5.6