HIV/AIDS Data/Statistics

HIV/AIDS has had a devastating impact on minorities in the United States. Racial and ethnic minorities accounted for almost 68 percent of the newly diagnosed cases of HIV and AIDS in 2007. In 2007, 86 percent of babies born with HIV/AIDS belong to minority groups.

In the African American community, HIV/AIDS has become an epidemic. African Americans accounted for 49% of all HIV/AIDS cases diagnosed in 2007. African American men are more than nine times more likely to die of AIDS than non-Hispanic White men. AIDS is the third leading cause of death in African American women aged 25-34 and the third leading cause of death in African American men, aged 35-44, in 2005.

HIV/AIDS is spreading at a rapid rate in the Hispanic community. Hispanics accounted for 22 percent of AIDS cases in 2007, despite making up only 15 percent of the U.S. population. Hispanics are 3.3 times more likely to be diagnosed with AIDS than non-Hispanic Whites. Hispanic males were also 2.9 times more likely to die of AIDS than their non-Hispanic White counterparts in 2007.

Though the numbers are small, American Indians are also impacted disproportionately by HIV/AIDS. American Indians are 1.4 times more likely to have AIDS than non-Hispanic Whites.

For Asians and Pacific Islanders, HIV/AIDS is the eighth leading cause of death in men aged 35 to 44, as well as for American Indians/Native Americans in the same age group.

Quick Facts

• African American males have 7.7 times the AIDS rate as non-Hispanic white males.
• American Indian/Alaska Native women have 2.8 times the AIDS rate as non-Hispanic white women.
• Hispanic females have almost 5 times the AIDS rate as non-Hispanic white females.
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander are twice as likely to be diagnosed with AIDS as the White population.

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