Measure Source

Healthy People 2010, measure 13 - 1.

Table

1.54 New AIDS cases per 100,000 population age 13 and over, United States, 1998 and 2002.

Data Source

Centers for Disease Control (CDC), HIV/AIDS Reporting System.

Denominator

U.S. population: adolescents and adults, age 13 and over.

Numerator

Number of reported new AIDS cases among adolescents and adults, age 13 and over.

Comments

The AIDS case definition used by the HIV/AIDS Reporting System for an AIDS case is provided by the CDC. Data are adjusted for reporting delay. Data exclude cases from U.S. dependencies, possessions, and independent nations in free association with the U.S.

CDC Adult HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report, Form 50.42A, Rev. 7/93.