In the United States, over one million live with HIV, and 24 to 27 percent of these people are unaware of their HIV infection1. Additionally, CDC estimates that approximately 40,000 persons in the United States become infected with HIV each year,2 making HIV prevention a national health priority and tracking at-risk behaviors an essential part of developing successful prevention efforts.3 The latest data on risk of HIV infection:
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1 Glynn M, Rhodes P. Estimated HIV prevalence in the United States at the end of 2003. National HIV Prevention Conference; June 2005; Atlanta. Abstract T1-B1101. Available at http://www.aegis.com/conferences/NHIVPC/2005/T1-B1101.html. Accessed January 11, 2007.
2 CDC. Guidelines for National Human Immunodeficiency Virus Case Surveillance, Including Monitoring for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. MMWR 1999; 48(RR-13):1–28.
3 Institute of Medicine. No time to lose: Getting more from HIV prevention. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 2000.
4 Higher HIV risk status is based on reports of any of the following sexual or drug-related behaviors in the last 12 months: