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Table 1 HIV prevalence among patients at sexually transmitted disease clinics, by metropolitan area, exposure category, and sex, 1997
Table 2 HIV prevalence among injection drug users entering drug treatment centers, by metropolitan area and sex, 1997
Table 3 Summary of HIV prevalence among youth at adolescent medicine clinics, by metropolitan area, 1997
Table 4 Survey of Childbearing Women: number of specimens tested and HIV prevalence by state or territory, 1994
Table 5 Survey of Childbearing Women: number of specimens tested and HIV prevalence by state or territory, 1995
Table 6 Sentinel Hospital Surveillance System for HIV Infection: prevalence among patients, by region, sex, and race/ethnicity, 1994
Table 7 Sentinel Hospital Surveillance System for HIV Infection: prevalence among patients, by region, sex, and race/ethnicity, 1995

Table 1. HIV prevalence among patients at sexually transmitted disease clinics, by metropolitan area, exposure category, and sex, 1997

  Clinics analyzed1 Specimens tested Median % positive2
MSM IDUs Others   All Clinics 
Male Female Median3 Range
Northeast  
Boston 1 985 19.7 3.2 2.9 4.4
New York City 5 7,771 24.0 16.4 4.9 2.4 6.3 3.3–6.6
Newark 1 2,352 19.6 4.3 3.8 4.8
Midwest
Chicago 1 2,393 18.6 4.8 1.8 1.5 3.8
Detroit 1 3,302 17.0 0.5 0.3 0.8
South
Atlanta 2 3,086 35.6 2.5 1.7 4.0 2.9–5.1
Baltimore 2 3,167 15.4 3.2 3.6 6.0 4.9–7.1
Houston 4 6,614 18.0 5.3 2.1 1.3 2.2 2.0–9.7
Miami 2 1,862 5.8 6.4 7.3 5.6–9.1
New Orleans 1 2,034 19.0 1.3 1.1 1.8
Washington, D.C. 2 1,835 8.2 5.9 3.3 8.3 5.2–11.4
West
Denver 1 3,020 13.9 2.3 0.3 0.1 1.3
Los Angeles 4 11,234 17.9 0.0 1.1 0.5 1.7 0.8–3.9
Phoenix 1 2,362 20.2 0.6 0.2 2.2
San Francisco4
Seattle 1 1,639 3.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5
Total 29 53,656 19.3 4.8 2.7 1.6 3.9 0.5–11.4
1 Includes only clinics reporting at least 500 eligible specimens collected and tested according to CDC protocol or clinics reporting at least 200 MSM.
2 Subgroups analyzed for clinics reporting at least 50 specimens per group. IDU subgroup does not include MSM. Others subgroup does not include MSM or IDUs.
3 Median rate for clinics in the metropolitan area.
4 Data not available.

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Table 2. HIV prevalence among injection drug users entering drug treatment centers, by metropolitan area and sex, 1997

  Centers analyzed1 Specimens tested Median % positive2
Male Female All centers
Median3 Range
Northeast
Boston 2 340 11.5 9.8 10.6 6.4–14.8
New York City 5 2,302 29.5 27.9 28.8 25.4–33.0
Newark 1 191 33.9 43.9 37.7
Midwest
Chicago 1 301 18.0 14.4 16.6
Detroit 1 406 5.7 5.5 5.7
South
Baltimore 1 135 19.7 22.0 20.7
Washington, D.C. 1 157 15.1 18.9 15.9
West
Denver 2 352 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0–0.0
Los Angeles 3 777 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.7–1.9
San Francisco 1 444 8.3 9.6 8.8
Seattle 2 524 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.5–2.2
Other
San Juan 1 500 19.5 23.7 20.0
Total 21 6,429 15.1 11.6 14.8 0.0–37.7
1 Includes only centers reporting at least 100 eligible specimens collected and tested according to CDC protocol.
2 Subgroups analyzed for centers reporting at least 25 specimens per group.
3 Median rate for centers in the metropolitan area.

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Table 3. Summary of HIV prevalence among youth at adolescent medicine clinics, by metropolitan area, 1997

  Clinics analyzed Specimens tested % Positive
Median Range
Northeast
New York City 1 2,552 0.3
South
Baltimore 1 932 0.3
Houston 3 1,907 0.1 0.0–0.4
West
Los Angeles 1 207 1.0

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Table 4. Survey of Childbearing Women: number of specimens tested and HIV prevalence, by state or territory, 1994

State of birth Months data collected Specimens tested % Positive
Alabama 12 57,710 0.12
Alaska 12 10,255 0.01
Arizona 12 64,758 0.04
Arkansas 12 32,682 0.06
California 3 141,983 0.07
Colorado 12 52,195 0.05
Connecticut 12 44,201 0.21
Delaware 12 10,807 0.26
District of Columbia1 12 14,184 0.75
Florida 6 85,026 0.46
Georgia 12 126,248 0.20
Hawaii 12 15,406 0.06
Idaho2
Illinois 3 46,195 0.10
Indiana 6 39,564 0.05
Iowa 12 36,062 0.03
Kansas 12 36,096 0.03
Kentucky 12 48,949 0.04
Louisiana 12 62,153 0.24
Maine 12 14,299 0.02
Maryland 12 68,576 0.35
Massachusetts 12 81,511 0.20
Michigan 12 134,486 0.04
Minnesota 12 62,626 0.04
Mississippi 12 37,061 0.15
Missouri 12 74,902 0.05
Montana 12 10,634 0.02
Nebraska2
Nevada 12 23,603 0.05
New Hampshire 12 13,983 0.07
New Jersey 4 28,390 0.35
New Mexico 12 26,990 0.01
New York 12 272,058 0.52
North Carolina 12 95,123 0.16
North Dakota2
Ohio 6 78,976 0.08
Oklahoma 12 43,963 0.02
Oregon 12 43,194 0.03
Pennsylvania 6 72,234 0.16
Puerto Rico 12 61,179 0.47
Rhode Island 12 14,096 0.09
South Carolina 12 48,236 0.22
South Dakota2
Tennessee 12 70,519 0.10
Texas 9 213,241 0.11
Utah 12 36,631 0.02
Vermont2
Virginia 12 88,283 0.12
Washington 12 70,442 0.04
West Virginia 12 21,509 0.05
Wisconsin 12 65,100 0.04
Wyoming 12 5,670 0.00
1 Data for fourth quarter of 1994 are incomplete.
2 Not in Survey of Childbearing Women.

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Table 5. Survey of Childbearing Women: number of specimens tested and HIV prevalence, by state or territory, 1995

State of birth1 Months data collected Specimens tested % Positive
Alabama 4 18,248 0.09
Alaska 12 8,798 0.02
Arizona 12 74,541 0.03
Arkansas 12 32,241 0.07
California 3 135,991 0.07
Colorado 12 48,062 0.05
Connecticut 9 32,432 0.18
Delaware 12 10,809 0.25
District of Columbia 0
Florida 6 65,220 0.41
Georgia 5 45,070 0.19
Hawaii 8 8,494 0.06
Idaho2
Illinois 3 45,468 0.13
Indiana 6 41,272 0.06
Iowa 12 34,611 0.01
Kansas 3 8,570 0.05
Kentucky 12 45,761 0.02
Louisiana 12 51,257 0.25
Maine 12 10,634 0.02
Maryland 12 63,751 0.30
Massachusetts 8 46,087 0.15
Michigan 4 65,689 0.04
Minnesota 12 61,243 0.04
Mississippi 7 16,001 0.15
Missouri 2
Montana 12 10,529 0.01
Nebraska2
Nevada 12 22,081 0.05
New Hampshire 12 13,906 0.01
New Jersey 4 28,562 0.30
New Mexico 0
New York 12 265,347 0.46
North Carolina 2
North Dakota2
Ohio 6 75,239 0.07
Oklahoma 3 10,478 0.04
Oregon 12 39,393 0.05
Pennsylvania 3 33,664 0.15
Puerto Rico 5 22,975 0.34
Rhode Island 12 13,430 0.12
South Carolina 12 49,276 0.22
South Dakota2
Tennessee 7 30,441 0.14
Texas 4 88,658 0.09
Utah
Vermont2 3 8,621 0.01
Virginia 8 58,708 0.10
Washington 6 23,505 0.05
West Virginia 4 6,725 0.00
Wisconsin 6 18,454 0.04
Wyoming 5 2,297 0.00
1 States with less than 3 months of collected data not analyzed.
2 Not in Survey of Childbearing Women.

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Table 6. Sentinel Hospital Surveillance System for HIV Infection: prevalence among patients, by region, sex, and race/ethnicity, 1994

Hospitals by region % Positive
Male   Female
White Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic
Northeast  
1   11.7 8.0 5.8 5.1
2   2.4 5.6 1.4 0.0 3.4 1.2
3   3.0 5.7 1.5 2.2 5.1 2.3
4   6.1 4.3 5.8 2.4 2.0 2.9
5   0.9 1.4 0.2 0.2 1.2
Midwest
6   0.9 1.6 0.4 0.5
7   0.0 3.4 0.8 1.6
8   3.4 5.9 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.8
South
9   1.0 5.3 0.9 3.7
10   0.9 4.5 0.4 4.1
11   3.0 5.7 3.0 1.6 6.4 1.4
12   1.2 6.1 1.0 2.7
13   4.3 9.2 0.3 3.4
West
14   1.2 4.0 1.8 0.2 1.2 0.0

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Table 7. Sentinel Hospital Surveillance System for HIV Infection: prevalence among patients, by region, sex, and race/ethnicity, 1995

Hospitals by region % Positive
Male   Female
White Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic
Northeast  
1   11.7 9.6 6.8 5.9
2   2.9 4.0 3.3 5.9 2.8 0.0
3   4.3 9.1 9.5 4.3 5.1 0.9
4   5.4 6.2 6.7 1.7 3.8 2.5
5   0.9 4.5 0.6 2.1
Midwest
6   1.0 2.0 0.0 1.0
7   1.5 4.0 1.4 1.2
8   1.9 6.1 4.0 1.3 1.9 1.5
South
9   1.2 6.5 0.5 3.1
10   1.0 5.7 0.6 2.2
11   2.2 4.0 2.5 1.8 5.9 1.5
12   2.0 5.7 0.6 3.6
13   1.5 5.2 1.1 0.0 2.0 0.0
West
14   0.7 5.5 1.0 0.2 0.8 0.2

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Last Reviewed: May 25, 2007
Content Source:
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