Epidemiology: CDC Fact Sheet

AIDS in 2005

• The estimated rate (per 100,000) of AIDS diagnosis for American Indian and Alaska Native adults and adolescents was 10.0, the 3rd highest after the rates for African American adults and adolescents (75.0) and Hispanic adults and adolescents (26.4). The estimated AIDS diagnosis rate was 7.5 for white adults and adolescents and 4.9 for Asian and Pacific Islander adults and adolescents [1].
• AIDS was diagnosed for an estimated 196 American Indians and Alaska Natives, representing approximately 0.4% of all AIDS diagnoses in 2005 [1]. These data include persons whose HIV infection had been diagnosed earlier.
• An estimated 1,595 American Indians and Alaska Natives were living with AIDS [1].
• An estimated 81 American Indians and Alaska Natives with AIDS died in 2005, representing approximately 0.5% of all deaths of persons with AIDS for that year [1].
• From the beginning of the epidemic through 2005, AIDS was diagnosed for an estimated 3,251 American Indians and Alaska Natives [1].
• From the beginning of the epidemic through 2005, an estimated 1,657 American Indians and Alaska Natives with AIDS had died [1]. In comparison, 235,879 whites, 211,559 African Americans, 77,125 Hispanics, and 3,383 Asians and Pacific Islanders with AIDS had died.
• Of persons who had received a diagnosis of AIDS during 1997– 2004, American Indians and Alaska Natives had survived for a shorter time than had Asians and Pacific Islanders, whites, or Hispanics. After 9 years, 67% of American Indians and Alaska Natives were alive, compared with 66% of African Americans, 74% of Hispanics, 75% of whites, and 81% of Asians and Pacific Islanders [1].
• From the beginning of the epidemic through 2005, AIDS had been diagnosed for an estimated 32 American Indian and Alaska Native children (younger than 13 years) [1].

Race/ethnicity of adults and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS, 2005 Note. Based on data from 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based reporting. Because of rounding, percentages may not add to 100.

Race/ethnicity of adults and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS, 2005 Note. Based on data from 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based reporting. Because of rounding, percentages may not add to 100.

References
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