Table 35c: HIV-infection deaths per 100,000 populationa, by education, United States, 2001

  Total Less than high school graduate* High school graduate* At least some college*
Population group Number Rate SE Number Rate SE Number Rate SE Number Rate SE
                         
Total 14,173 5.0 0.0 3,085 18.3 0.3 5,668 12.5 0.2 3,003 3.8 0.1
                         
Age (not age adjusted)                        
    25-44 7,968 9.4 0.1 5,034 52.0 0.7 9,133 36.0 0.4 4,622 10.0 0.1
    45-64 5,437 8.4 0.1 4,221 51.2 0.8 7,871 38.8 0.4 4,387 13.0 0.2
                         
Race                        
    American Indian or Alaska Native 74 2.7 0.3 19 ** ** 31 5.9 1.1 15 ** **
    Asian or Pacific Islander 86 0.7 0.1 13 ** ** 32 2.3 0.4 27 0.6 0.1
    Black or African American 7,842 22.8 0.3 1,790 71.3 1.7 3,250 52.4 0.9 1,291 16.8 0.5
    White 6,171 2.6 0.0 1,263 9.5 0.3 2,355 6.3 0.1 1,670 2.5 0.1
                         
Ethnicity                        
    Hispanic 1,853 6.2 0.2 582 4.4 0.2 750 8.6 0.3 256 2.7 0.2
    Non-Hispanic 12,139 4.8 0.0 2,489 12.2 0.2 4,899 5.9 0.1 2,731 1.8 0.0
      Black or African American 7,708 23.2 0.3 1,774 36.6 0.9 3,220 25.8 0.5 1,272 8.2 0.2
      White 4,286 2.1 0.0 684 5.0 0.2 1,625 2.4 0.1 1,419 1.1 0.0
                         
Gender                        
    Female 3,585 2.5 0.0 937 11.6 0.4 1,508 6.7 0.2 489 1.2 0.1
    Male 10,588 7.5 0.1 2,148 24.9 0.5 4,160 18.5 0.3 2,514 6.4 0.1
                         

aRates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

*Education data are for persons age 25-64 years only.

**Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (based on < 20 deaths).

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.

Table 36a Table 35b

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