HIV/AIDS and African Americans

Although African Americans are only 13% of the U.S. population, they account for 49% of HIV/AIDS cases in 2007.

African American males had over 7 times the AIDS rate as white males.
African American females had over 22 times the AIDS rate as 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, 2004-2007 (39 areas with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting)**
	2004	2005	2006	2007	% of total 2007 cases
African American	19,309	18,479	18,975	21,549	49%
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
African American	230,138	241,029	252,612	267,116	47%
White	158,528	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 African American Cases	% of White
Male-to-male sexual contact	51%	79%
Injection drug use	21%	8%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	7%	8%
Heterosexual contact	20%	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 2006 by transmission**
Transmission	% of African American Cases	% of White
Injection drug use	24%	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), 2007 only**
Transmission	# of African American Cases	% of African American Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	7,320	45%	15,345	74%
Injection drug use	1,510	9%	978	5%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	526	3%	1,307	6%
Heterosexual contact	2,009	12%	571	3%
Other	4,877	30%	2,393	12%
Total Cases	16,279		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 African American Cases	% of African American Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	36,389	39%	69,234	70%
Injection drug use	13,189	14%	6,247	6%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	3,958	4%	6,827	7%
Heterosexual contact	12,470	13%	3,075	3%
Other	27,421	29%	12,541	13%
Total Cases	93,775		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 African American Cases	% of African American Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	894	11%	733	25%
Heterosexual contact	3,561	44%	1,326	45%
Other	3,662	45%	892	30%
Total Cases	8,119		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 African American Cases	% of African American Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	7,781	14%	4,819	26%
Heterosexual contact	26,378	46%	8,644	46%
Other	22,212	39%	5,041	27%
Total Cases	56,732		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)	African American/ White Ratio
African American males	11,243	81.3	7.7
White males	8,802	10.6

African American females	6,243	39.8	22.1
White females	1,600	1.8

African American (both sexes)	17,486	59.2	9.7
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)

**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)
African American	21	0.3
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
African American	19,580	18,719	17,690	17,257	17,507	47%
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
African American	49	34	39	29	21	75%
White	12	18	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 African American Cases	% of White
Male-to-male sexual contact	46%	77%
Injection drug use	26%	9%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	8%	9%
Heterosexual contact	19%	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 African American Cases	% of White
Injection drug use	30%	40%
Heterosexual contact	68%	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 African American Cases	% of African American Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	4,497	39%	6,490	66%
Injection drug use	1,391	12%	737	8%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	460	4%	711	7%
Heterosexual contact	1,677	15%	417	4%
Other	3,497	30%	1,410	14%
Total Cases	11,551		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 African American Cases	% of African American Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	108,134	37%	260,797	73%
Injection drug use	84,645	29%	32,425	9%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	22,917	8%	32,325	9%
Heterosexual contact	31,669	11%	8,260	2%
Other	42,527	15%	17,302	5%
Total Cases	291,701		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 African American Cases	% of African American Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	817	13%	471	28%
Heterosexual contact	2,928	46%	756	45%
Other	2,516	40%	452	27%
Total Cases	6,301		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 African American Cases	% of African American Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Injection drug use	39,793	33%	15,473	40%
Heterosexual contact	52,928	44%	16,541	42%
Other	25,761	21%	5,046	13%
Total Cases	120,148		39,043

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, 2003-2007**
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	% of total 2007 cases
African Americans	8,926	8,656	8,546	7,886	7,124	49%
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]

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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