HIV/AIDS and Hispanic Americans

Hispanic Americans accounted for 17% of all HIV/AIDS cases in 2007.
Hispanic males are almost 3 times as likely to have AIDS in 2006 as compared to white males.
Hispanic females are almost 5 times as likely to have AIDS in 2006 as white females.
Hispanic men were 2.5 times as likely as non-Hispanic white men to die of HIV/AIDS in 2005.
Hispanic women were three times as likely as non-Hispanic white women to die of HIV/AIDS in 2005.

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
Hispanic	6,183	6,383	6,590	7,484	17%
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
Hispanic	78,480	82,810	87,469	92,943	16%
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 Hispanic Cases	% of White
Male-to-male sexual contact	60%	79%
Injection drug use	23%	8%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	6%	8%
Heterosexual contact	11%	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 Hispanic Cases	% of White
Injection drug use	28%	33%
Heterosexual contact	71%	65%
Other	2%	2%

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]

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 Hispanic Cases	% of Hispanic Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	6,077	60%	15,345	74%
Injection drug use	1,115	11%	978	5%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	401	4%	1,307	6%
Heterosexual contact	677	7%	571	3%
Other	1,768	18%	2,393	12%
Total Cases	10,057		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 Hispanic Cases	% of Hispanic Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	21,173	51%	69,234	70%
Injection drug use	7,327	17%	6,247	6%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	1,825	4%	6,827	7%
Heterosexual contact	3,557	8%	3,075	3%
Other	7,931	19%	12,541	13%
Total Cases	41,912		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 Hispanic Cases	% of Hispanic Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	375	13%	733	25%
Heterosexual contact	1,470	53%	1,326	45%
Other	941	34%	892	30%
Total Cases	2,795		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 Hispanic Cases	% of Hispanic Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	2,578	18%	4,819	26%
Heterosexual contact	7,587	52%	8,644	46%
Other	4,374	30%	5,041	27%
Total Cases	14,608		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)	Hispanic/ White Ratio
Hispanic males	5,466	31.0	2.9
White males	8,802	10.6

Hispanic females	1,452	8.9	4.9
White females	1,600	1.8

Hispanic(both sexes)	6,918	20.4	3.3
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)
Hispanic	2	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
Hispanic	7,214	6,817	6,804	6,875	6,921	19%
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
Hispanic	10	9	9	4	2	7%
White	12	7	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 Hispanic Cases	% of White
Male-to-male sexual contact	59%	77%
Injection drug use	23%	9%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	7%	9%
Heterosexual contact	10%	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 Hispanic Cases	% of White
Injection drug use	30%	40%
Heterosexual contact	67%	58%
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), 2007 only**
Transmission	# of Hispanic Cases	% of Hispanic Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	2,926	48%	6,490	66%
Injection drug use	903	15%	737	8%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	297	5%	711	7%
Heterosexual contact	626	10%	417	4%
Other	1,350	22%	1,410	14%
Total Cases	6,114		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 Hispanic Cases	% of Hispanic Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	68,278	44%	260,797	73%
Injection drug use	47,344	30%	32,425	9%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	11,366	7%	32,325	9%
Heterosexual contact	11,698	8%	8,260	2%
Other	15,743	10%	17,302	5%
Total Cases	155,560		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 Hispanic Cases	% of Hispanic Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	313	18%	471	28%
Heterosexual contact	894	52%	756	45%
Other	490	29%	452	27%
Total Cases	1,705		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 Hispanic Cases	% of Hispanic Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	13,298	35%	15,473	40%
Heterosexual contact	18,991	50%	16,541	42%
Other	5,370	14%	5,046	13%
Total Cases	38,340		39,043

At a glance – Death Rate:

**HIV/AIDS Death Rates per 100,000 population (2005)**
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men (age-adjusted)	7.5	3.0	2.5
All ages, Women (age-adjusted)	1.9	0.6	3.2

Age 25-44, Men	8.3	4.9	1.7
Age 25-44, Women	2.6	1.2	2.2

Age 45-64, Men	18.0	6.0	3.0
Age 45-64, Women	4.1	1.1	3.7

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
Hispanic	2,627	2,601	2,450	2,256	2,312	16%
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**
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	37.3%	33.5%	1.1
Never tested	62.7%	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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