HIV/AIDS and American Indians/Alaska Natives

American Indians/Alaska Natives have a 40% higher rate of AIDS as compared to the white population.
American Indian/Alaska Native men have a 20% higher AIDS rate as compared to white men.
American Indian/Alaska Native women have almost three times the AIDS rate as white women.

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

**Estimated number of cases of HIV/AIDS by year of diagnosis, 2004-2007 (39 areas with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting)**
	2004	2005	2006	2007	% of total 2007 cases
American Indians/ Alaska Natives	177	180	163	228	0.5%
White	10,836	10,818	10,815	12,556	28%
Total Population	38,398	38,032	38,531	44,084

Source: CDC 2009. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2007. v.19. Table 1.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/pdf/2007SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 3.4MB]

**Estimated number of persons living with HIV/AIDS by year, 2004-2007 (39 areas with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting)**
	2004	2005	2006	2007	% of total 2007 cases
American Indians/Alaska Natives	1,895	2,010	2,111	2,281	0.4%
White	158,258	165,178	172,509	181,380	32%
Total Population	492,673	516,279	540,972	571,378

Source: CDC 2009. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2007. v.19. Table 9.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/pdf/2007SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 3.4MB]

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 2007 by transmission**
Transmission	% of American Indians/Alaska Natives	% of White
Male-to-male sexual contact	64%	79%
Injection drug use	13%	8%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	14%	8%
Heterosexual contact	8%	4%
Other	1%	1%

Source: CDC 2009. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2007. v.19. Table 10.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/pdf/2007SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 3.4MB]

**Estimated % of female adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2007 by transmission**
Transmission	% of American Indians/ Alaska Natives Cases	% of White
Injection drug use	32%	33%
Heterosexual contact	66%	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), 2007 only**
Transmission	# of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	% of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	123	61%	15,345	74%
Injection drug use	13	6%	978	5%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	21	10%	1,307	6%
Heterosexual contact	10	5%	571	3%
Other	33	16%	2,393	12%
Total Cases	201		20,661

Source: CDC 2009. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2007. v.19. Table 22.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/pdf/2007SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 3.4MB]

**Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of HIV infection for male adults or adolescents (>13 years), Cumulative to 2007**
Transmission	# of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	% of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	614	58%	69,234	70%
Injection drug use	106	10%	6,247	6%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	130	12%	6,827	7%
Heterosexual contact	63	6%	3,075	3%
Other	143	14%	12,541	13%
Total Cases	1,058		98,524

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), 2007 only**
Transmission	# of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	% of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	18	26%	733	25%
Heterosexual contact	27	39%	1,326	45%
Other	24	35%	892	30%
Total Cases	69		2,971

Source: CDC 2009. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2007. v.19. Table 24.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/pdf/2007SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 3.4MB]

**Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of HIV infection for female adults or adolescents (>13 years), Cumulative to 2007**
Transmission	# of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	% of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	121	28%	4,819	26%
Heterosexual contact	204	47%	8,644	46%
Other	109	25%	5,041	27%
Total Cases	435		18,680

At a glance – AIDS Cases and Rates (Adults):

**Estimated number of cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2007 (50 States and the District of Columbia)**
	# Cases	Rate (per 100,000)	American Indians/Alaska Natives / White Ratio
American Indians/Alaska Natives males	112	12.5	1.2
White males	8,802	10.6

American Indians/Alaska Natives females	46	5.0	2.8
White females	1,600	1.8

American Indians/Alaska Natives (both sexes)	158	8.6	1.4
White (both sexes)	10,402	6.1

Source: CDC 2009. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2007. v.19. Table 6b.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/pdf/2007SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 3.4MB]

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

**Estimated number of cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2007 (50 States and the District of Columbia)**
	# Cases	Rate (per 100,000 population)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0	0.0
White	5	0.0
Total Population	28	0.1

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

**Estimated number of cases of AIDS by year of diagnosis, 2003-2007**
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	% of total 2007 cases
American Indian/Alaska Native	181	184	164	148	158	0.4%
White	11,061	11,064	10,580	10,521	10,407	28%
Total Population	40,054	38,695	37,256	36,791	37,041

Source: CDC 2009. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2007. v.19. Table 4.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/pdf/2007SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 3.4MB]

At a glance – AIDS Cases (Children only):

**Estimated number of AIDS cases in children <13 years of age, by year of diagnosis, 2003-2007**
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	% of total 2007 cases
American Indian/Alaska Native	0	1	0	0	0	0%
White	12	8	4	3	5	18%
Total Population	70	53	53	38	28

Source: CDC 2009. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2007. v.19. Table 5.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/pdf/2007SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 3.4MB]

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

**Estimated % of male adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with AIDS at the end of 2007 by transmission**
Transmission	% of American Indian/Alaska Native Cases	% of White
Male-to-male sexual contact	58%	77%
Injection drug use	16%	9%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	18%	9%
Heterosexual contact	7%	4%
Other	1%	1%

Source: CDC 2009. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2007. v.19. Table 13.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/pdf/2007SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 3.4MB]

**Estimated % of female adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with AIDS at the end of 2007 by transmission**
Transmission	% of American Indian/Alaska Native Cases	% of White
Injection drug use	40%	40%
Heterosexual contact	57%	58%
Other	3%	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), 2007 only**
Transmission	# of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	% of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	71	54%	6,490	66%
Injection drug use	18	14%	737	8%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	15	11%	711	7%
Heterosexual contact	6	5%	417	4%
Other	20	15%	1,410	14%
Total Cases	131		9,805

Source: CDC 2009. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2007. v.19. Table 21.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/pdf/2007SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 3.4MB]

**Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of AIDS for male adults or adolescents (>13 years), Cumulative to 2007**
Transmission	# of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	% of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	1,473	55%	260,797	73%
Injection drug use	410	15%	32,425	9%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	477	18%	32,325	9%
Heterosexual contact	119	4%	8,260	2%
Other	171	6%	17,302	5%
Total Cases	2,683		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), 2007 only**
Transmission	# of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	% of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	8	18%	471	28%
Heterosexual contact	22	50%	756	45%
Other	13	29%	452	27%
Total Cases	44		1,693

Source: CDC 2009. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2007. v.19. Table 23.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/pdf/2007SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 3.4MB]

**Estimated number and percentage of reported cases of AIDS for female adults or adolescents (>13 years), Cumulative to 2007**
Transmission	# of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	% of American Indians/Alaska Natives Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	286	40%	15,473	40%
Heterosexual contact	299	42%	16,541	42%
Other	105	15%	5,046	13%
Total Cases	711		39,043

At a glance – Death Rate:

**HIV/AIDS Death Rates per 100,000 population (2005)**
	American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non- Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men (age-adjusted)	4.0	3.0	1.3
All ages, Women (age-adjusted)	1.5	0.6	2.5

Age 25-44, Men	6.1	4.9	1.2
Age 25-44, Women	n/a	1.2	--

Age 45-64, Men	8.9	6.0	1.5
Age 45-64, Women	n/a	1.1	--

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, 2003-2007**
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	% of total 2007 cases
American Indian/Alaska Native	75	85	70	79	70	0.5%
White	5,231	4,963	4,933	4,398	4,187	29%
Total Population	17,679	17,154	16,823	15,564	14,561

Source: CDC 2009. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2007. v.19. Table 8.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2007report/pdf/2007SurveillanceReport.pdf[PDF, 3.4MB]

At a glance – HIV Testing:

**Age-adjusted percent of HIV testing status among persons 18 years of age and over, 2006**
	American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non- Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	47.7%	33.5%	1.4
Never tested	52.3%	66.5%	0.8

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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