HIV/AIDS and African Americans

Although African Americans are only 13.6% of the U.S. population, they account for 43% of HIV infection cases in 2009.

African American males have almost 7.6 times the AIDS rate as white males.
African American females have 20 times the AIDS rate as white females.
African American men are almost 10 times as likely to die from HIV/AIDS as Non-Hispanic White men.
African American women are over 20 times as likely to die from HIV/AIDS as Non-Hispanic White women.
African American children are twice as likely to be diagnosed with HIV infection, as compared to the White children.
In 2010, African Americans were 8.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV infection, as compared to the White population.

At a glance – HIV Cases and Rates (Adults)

**Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of HIV, 2010 (United States)**
	# Cases	Rate	African American/ White Ratio
African American males	15,444	116.0	7.6
White males	12,111	15.3

African American females	6,268	41.7	19.9
White females	1,733	2.1

African American (both sexes)	21,854	62.0	8.5
White (both sexes)	13,878	7.3

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 3a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]

At a glance – HIV Infection Cases and Rates (Children <13 years)

**Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of HIV, 2010 (United States)**
	# Cases	Rate
African American	142	2.0
White	34	0.1
Total Population	217	0.4

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 5a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]

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

**Estimated number of cases of HIV infection by year of diagnosis, 2010 (46 states with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting)**
	#Cases	% of total cases
African American	21,854	46%
White	13,878	29%
Total Population	47,129

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 1a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]

**Estimated number of persons living with HIV infection by year, 2009 (46 states with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting)**
	#Cases	% of total cases
African American	335,798	43%
White	273,800	35%
Total Population	784,701

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 15a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]

At a glance – HIV Infection Cases by Transmission (Adults):

**Estimated number of male adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with HIV infection year-end 2009, by transmission category (46 states with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting)**
Transmission	# of African American Cases	% of African American Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	117,124	55%	189,886	81%
Injection drug use	40,424	19%	15,366	7%
Heterosexual contact	41,111	19%	8,544	4%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	15,273	7%	20,400	9%
Other	532	0.2%	1,414	0.6%
Estimated Total	214,464		235,610

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 17a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]

**Estimated number of female adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with HIV infection year-end 2009 by transmission category (46 states with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting)**
Transmission	# of African American Cases	% of African American Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Heterosexual contact	87,905	77%	23,927	65%
Injection drug use	26,236	23%	12,173	33%
Other	579	0.5%	487	1%
Estimated Total	114,721		36,587

At a glance – AIDS Cases and Rates (Adults)

**Estimated number of cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2010 (United States)**
	# Cases	Rate	African American/ White Ratio
African American males	10,754	75.6	8.3
White males	7,596	9.1

African American females	5,422	33.7	22.5
White females	1,275	1.5

African American (both sexes)	16,188	43.0	9.8
White (both sexes)	8,875	4.4

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 4a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]

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

**Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2010 (United States)**
	Commulative # Cases	# Cases	Rate
African American	5,731	12	0.2
White	1,599	4	0.0
Total Population	9,475	23	0.0

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 6a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]

At a glance – AIDS Cases (Adults and Children)

**Estimated number of cases of AIDS by year of diagnosis, 2010**
	Cumulative # cases	# Cases	% of total cases
African American	473,229	16,188	49%
White	429,804	8,875	27%
Total Population	1,129,127	33,015

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 2a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]

At a glance – Death Rate:

**HIV/AIDS Death Rates per 100,000 population (2008)**
	African Americans	Non-Hispanic White	African American/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men	21.9	2.3	9.5
All ages, Women	9.8	0.5	19.6

Age 25-44, Men	23.5	3.0	7.8
Age 25-44, Women	15.0	0.8	18.8

Age 45-64, Men	54.2	5.3	10.2
Age 45-64, Women	19.2	1.0	19.2

Source: CDC 2012. Health, United States 2011. Table 35.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus11.pdf [PDF | 9.8MB]

At a glance – AIDS Deaths:

**Estimated number of deaths of persons with AIDS by year of death, 2009**
	Cumulative # Deaths	# Deaths	% of total cases
African Americans	250,745	8,782	49%
White	260,572	5,380	30%
Total Population	619,380	17,774

Source: CDC 2012. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2010, v.22. Table 12a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2010report/pdf/2010_HIV_Surveillance_Report_vol_22.pdf [PDF | 1.79MB]

At a glance – HIV Testing:

**Age-adjusted percent of HIV testing status among persons 18 years of age and over, 2010**
	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	57.8	37.3	1.5
Never tested	42.2	62.7	0.7

Source: CDC 2012. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2010. Table 41.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_252.pdf [PDF |3.1MB]

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Content Last Modified: 6/15/2012 1:46:00 PM

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