HIV/AIDS and Asian Americans

Asian Americans have lower AIDS rates than their white counterparts and they are less likely to die of HIV/AIDS.
In 2007, however, Asian women had a higher case rate for AIDS than White women.
The total number of reported AIDS cases has declined over the past five years for the White population, however it has continued to increase for Asian Americans.

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
Asian	308	329	332	455	1%
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
Asian	2,171	2,468	2,752	3,160	0.6%
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 Asian	% of White
Male-to-male sexual contact	77%	79%
Injection drug use	6%	8%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	3%	8%
Heterosexual contact	12%	4%
Other	2%	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 Asian Cases	% of White
Injection drug use	11%	33%
Heterosexual contact	82%	65%
Other	8%	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 Asian Cases	% of Asian Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	596	77%	15,345	74%
Injection drug use	11	1%	978	5%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	22	3%	1,307	6%
Heterosexual contact	41	5%	571	3%
Other	102	13%	2,393	12%
Total Cases	776		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 Asian Cases	% of Asian Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	1,362	68%	69,234	70%
Injection drug use	56	3%	6,247	6%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	46	2%	6,827	7%
Heterosexual contact	120	6%	3,075	3%
Other	400	20%	12,541	13%
Total Cases	1,994		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 Asian Cases	% of Asian Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	7	4%	733	25%
Heterosexual contact	88	54%	1,326	45%
Other	63	39%	892	30%
Total Cases	162		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 Asian Cases	% of Asian Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	19	4%	4,819	26%
Heterosexual contact	235	47%	8,644	46%
Other	233	47%	5,041	27%
Total Cases	496		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)	Asian / White Ratio
Asian males	363	15.5	0.8
White males	10,563	18.7

Asian females	88	3.5	1.1
White females	1,971	3.3

Asian (both sexes)	451	9.3	0.9
White (both sexes)	12,534	10.8

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)
Asian	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
Asian	394	389	378	425	475	1%
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
Asian	0	0	1	1	0	0%
White	12	8	4	3	5	18%
Total Population	73	55	54	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 Asian Cases	% of White
Male-to-male sexual contact	77%	77%
Injection drug use	6%	9%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	5%	9%
Heterosexual contact	10%	4%
Other	2%	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 Asian Cases	% of White
Injection drug use	11%	40%
Heterosexual contact	79%	58%
Other	10%	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 Asian Cases	% of Asian Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	216	57%	6,490	66%
Injection drug use	16	4%	737	8%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	10	3%	711	7%
Heterosexual contact	34	9%	417	4%
Other	96	25%	1,410	14%
Total Cases	413		9,578

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 Asian Cases	% of Asian Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	4,154	67%	260,797	73%
Injection drug use	299	5%	32,425	9%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	260	4%	32,325	9%
Heterosexual contact	378	6%	2,348	2%
Other	973	16%	17,302	5%
Total Cases	6,231		358,298

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 Asian Cases	% of Asian Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	2	2%	471	28%
Heterosexual contact	47	53%	756	45%
Other	36	41%	452	27%
Total Cases	88		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 Asian Cases	% of Asian Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	95	9%	15,473	40%
Heterosexual contact	540	54%	16,541	42%
Other	274	27%	5,046	13%
Total Cases	1,003		39,043

At a glance – Death Rate:

**HIV/AIDS Death Rates per 100,000 population (2005)**
	Asian/Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic White	Asian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men (age-adjusted)	1.0	3.0	0.3
All ages, Women (age-adjusted)	n/a	0.6	--

Age 25-44, Men	1.4	4.9	0.3
Age 25-44, Women	n/a	1.2	--

Age 45-64, Men	2.0	6.0	0.3
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
Asian	73	92	71	99	84	0.6%
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**
	Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Asian / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	31.3%	33.5%	0.9
Never tested	68.7%	66.5%	1.0

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]

**Age-adjusted percent of HIV testing status among persons 18 years of age and over, 2005**
	Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	Non-Hispanic White	Native Hawaiian / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	40.7%	33.5%	1.2
Never tested	59.3%	66.5%	0.9

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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