HIV/AIDS and African Americans

Although African Americans are only 13% of the U.S. population, they account for 47% of HIV/AIDS cases in 2006.

African American males had over 7 times the AIDS rate as non-Hispanic white males.
African American females had over 21 times the AIDS rate as non-Hispanic white females.
African American men were over 9 times as likely to die from HIV/AIDS as non-Hispanic white men.
African American women were over 20 times as likely to die from HIV/AIDS as non-Hispanic white women.

At a glance – HIV/AIDS Cases (Adults and Children):

**Estimated number of cases of HIV/AIDS by year of diagnosis, 2002-2006 (33 areas with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting)**
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	% of total 2006 cases
Non-Hispanic Black	19,372	17,668	16,718	16,629	17,356	47%
Non-Hispanic White	10,723	10,033	10,181	10,528	10,758	29%
Total Population	37,529	36,102	37,894	35,634	36,817

Source: CDC 2008. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2006. v.18. Table 1.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 2.6MB]

**Estimated number of persons living with HIV/AIDS by year, 2002-2006 (33 areas with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting)**
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	% of total 2006 cases
Non-Hispanic Black	193,797	202,951	212,425	221,439	231,957	46%
Non-Hispanic White	139,947	145,081	151,694	158,375	166,000	33%
Total Population	409,407	443,916	465,005	486,028	509,681

Source: CDC 2008. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2006. v.18. Table 8.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 2.6MB]

At a glance – HIV/AIDS Cases by Transmission (Adults):

**Estimated % of male adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2006 by transmission**
Transmission	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White
Male-to-male sexual contact	49%	77%
Injection drug use	22%	9%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	7%	8%
Heterosexual contact	22%	5%
Other	1%	1%

Source: CDC 2008. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2006. v.18. Table 9.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 2.6MB]

**Estimated % of female adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2006 by transmission**
Transmission	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White
Injection drug use	23%	33%
Heterosexual contact	75%	65%
Other	2%	2%

At a glance – HIV (not AIDS) Cases by Transmission (Male Adults and Adolescents):

**Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of HIV infection for male adults or adolescents (>13 years), 2006 only**
Transmission	# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	# of Non-Hispanic White Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	6,203	44%	11,963	73%
Injection drug use	1,594	11%	858	5%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	483	3%	1,092	7%
Heterosexual contact	1,714	12%	522	3%
Other	4,151	29%	1,956	12%
Total Cases	14,187		16,434

Source: CDC 2008. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2006. v.18. Table 20.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 2.6MB]

**Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of HIV infection for male adults or adolescents (>13 years), Cumulative to 2006**
Transmission	# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	# of Non-Hispanic White Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	30,148	37%	55,725	69%
Injection drug use	11,997	15%	5,512	7%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	3,489	4%	5,578	7%
Heterosexual contact	10,905	13%	2,658	3%
Other	24,632	30%	11,147	14%
Total Cases	81,503		81,172

At a glance – HIV (not AIDS) Cases by Transmission (Female Adults and Adolescents):

**Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of HIV infection for female adults or adolescents (>13 years), 2006 only**
Transmission	# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	# of Non-Hispanic White Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White Cases
Injection drug use	1,034	13%	690	26%
Heterosexual contact	3,451	44%	1,132	46%
Other	3,370	43%	850	32%
Total Cases	7,882		2,687

Source: CDC 2008. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2006. v.18. Table 22.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 2.6MB]

**Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of HIV infection for female adults or adolescents (>13 years), Cumulative to 2006**
Transmission	# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	# of Non-Hispanic White Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White Cases
Injection drug use	7,105	14%	4,260	26%
Heterosexual contact	23,732	46%	7,593	46%
Other	20,244	39%	4,567	28%
Total Cases	51,440		16,590

At a glance – AIDS Cases and Rates (Adults)

**Estimated number of cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2006 (50 States and the District of Columbia)**
	# Cases	Rate (per 100,000)	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Non-Hispanic Black males	11,540	92.9	7.4
Non-Hispanic White males	9,267	11.2

Non-Hispanic Black females	6,391	40.4	21.3
Non-Hispanic White females	1,659	1.9

Non-Hispanic Black (both sexes)	17,930	60.3	9.4
Non-Hispanic White (both sexes)	10,926	6.4

Source: CDC 2008. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2006. v.18. Table 5a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 2.6MB]

At a glance – AIDS Cases and Rates (Children <13 years)

**Estimated number of cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2006 (50 States and the District of Columbia)**
	# Cases	Rate (per 100,000 population)
Non-Hispanic Black	30	0.4
Non-Hispanic White	4	0.0
Total Population	38	0.1

At a glance – AIDS Cases (Adults and Children)

**Estimated number of cases of AIDS by year of diagnosis, 2002-2006**
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	% of total 2006 cases
Non-Hispanic Black	19,246	19,512	18,909	18,081	17,960	47%
Non-Hispanic White	11,233	10,948	11,066	10,676	10,929	29%
Total Population	39,250	39,690	38,807	37,662	37,852

Source: CDC 2008. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2006. v.18. Table 3.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 2.6MB]

At a glance – AIDS Cases (Children only)

**Estimated number of AIDS cases in children <13 years of age, by year of diagnosis, 2002-2006**
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	% of total 2006 cases
Non-Hispanic Black	70	46	33	38	30	79%
Non-Hispanic White	14	12	7	4	4	9%
Total Population	106	70	53	53	38

Source: CDC 2008. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2006. v.18. Table 4.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 2.6MB]

At a glance –AIDS Cases by Transmission (Adults):

**Estimated % of male adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with AIDS at the end of 2006 by transmission**
Transmission	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White
Male-to-male sexual contact	45%	75%
Injection drug use	27%	10%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	8%	9%
Heterosexual contact	19%	5%
Other	1%	1%

Source: CDC 2008. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2006. v.18. Table 11.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 2.6MB]

**Estimated % of female adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with AIDS at the end of 2006 by transmission**
Transmission	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White
Injection drug use	30%	38%
Heterosexual contact	68%	59%
Other	2%	3%

At a glance –AIDS Cases by Transmission (Male Adults and Adolescents):

**Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of AIDS for male adults or adolescents (>13 years), 2006 only**
Transmission	# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	# of Non-Hispanic White Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	4,309	36%	6,251	65%
Injection drug use	1,635	14%	733	8%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	526	4%	732	8%
Heterosexual contact	1,875	16%	416	4%
Other	3,579	30%	1,400	15%
Total Cases	11,958		9,578

Source: CDC 2008. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2006. v.18. Table 19.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 2.6MB]

**Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of AIDS for male adults or adolescents (>13 years), Cumulative to 2006**
Transmission	# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	# of Non-Hispanic White Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	103,297	37%	253,927	73%
Injection drug use	83,369	30%	31,737	9%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	22,134	8%	31,434	9%
Heterosexual contact	29,952	11%	7,850	2%
Other	40,268	14%	16,469	5%
Total Cases	280,842		348,600

At a glance – AIDS Cases by Transmission (Female Adults and Adolescents):

**Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of AIDS for female adults or adolescents (>13 years), 2006 only**
Transmission	# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	# of Non-Hispanic White Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White Cases
Injection drug use	982	16%	482	28%
Heterosexual contact	3,103	46%	725	42%
Other	2,612	39%	499	29%
Total Cases	6,739		1,725

Source: CDC 2008. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2006. v.18. Table 21.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 2.6MB]

**Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of AIDS for female adults or adolescents (>13 years), Cumulative to 2006**
Transmission	# of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	% of Non-Hispanic Black Cases	# of Non-Hispanic White Cases	% of Non-Hispanic White Cases
Injection drug use	38,914	34%	14,981	40%
Heterosexual contact	49,876	44%	15,799	42%
Other	23,894	21%	4,801	13%
Total Cases	114,375		37,574

At a glance – Death Rate:

**HIV/AIDS Death Rates per 100,000 population (2005)**
	African Americans	Non-Hispanic White	African American/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men (age-adjusted)	28.2	3.0	9.4
All ages, Women (age-adjusted)	12.0	0.6	20.0

Age 25-44, Men	36.2	4.9	7.4
Age 25-44, Women	20.7	1.2	17.3

Age 45-64, Men	66.2	6.0	11.0
Age 45-64, Women	22.0	1.1	20.0

Source: CDC 2007. Health, United States 2007. Table 42.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf#042[PDF, 6MB]

At a glance – AIDS Deaths:

**Estimated number of deaths of persons with AIDS by year of death, 2002-2006**
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	% of total 2006 cases
African Americans	9,037	8,675	8,581	8,679	7,426	51%
Non-Hispanic White	5,214	5,097	4,836	4,758	3,860	26%
Total Population	17,628	17,283	16,982	16,865	14,627

Source: CDC 2008. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2006. v.18. Table 7.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 2.6MB]

br /> At a glance – HIV Testing:

**Age-adjusted percent of HIV testing status among persons 18 years of age and over, 2006**
	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	50.4%	33.5%	1.5
Never tested	49.6%	66.5%	0.7

Source: CDC 2007. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2006. Table 41.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_235.pdf[PDF, 3.7MB]

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