HIV/AIDS and American Indians/Alaska Natives

American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/NA) have a 30% higher rate of AIDS and HIV infection as compared to the white population.
American Indian/Alaska Native men have a 50% higher AIDS rate as compared to white men.
In 2010, American Indian/Alaska Native women were three times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV infection, as compared to the White female 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	AI/NA / White Ratio
American Indian/Alaska Native males	164	18.1	1.2
White males	12,111	15.3

American Indian/Alaska Native females	61	6.4	3.0
White females	1,733	2.1

American Indian/Alaska Native (both sexes)	225	9.7	1.3
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
American Indians/Alaska Natives	0	0.0
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 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
American Indians/ Alaska Natives	225	0.5%
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
American Indians/Alaska Natives	3,039	0.4%
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 Cases by Transmission (Adults):

**Estimated number of male adults or adolescents (>13 years) living with HIV infection year-end 2009, by transmission category**
Transmission	# of AI/NA Cases	% of American Indians/Alaska Natives	# of White Cases	% of White
Male-to-male sexual contact	1,438	65%	189,886	81%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	363	16%	20,400	9%
Injection drug use	250	11%	15,366	7%
Heterosexual contact	158	7%	8,544	4%
Other	8	0.4%	1,414	0.6%
Estimated Total	2,218		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**
Transmission	# of AI/NA Cases	% of AI/NA	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Heterosexual contact	508	65%	23,927	65%
Injection drug use	266	34%	12,173	33%
Other	9	1%	487	1%
Estimated Total	782		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 (per 100,000)	American Indians/Alaska Natives / White Ratio
American Indians/Alaska Natives males	126	13.6	1.5
White males	7,596	9.1

American Indians/Alaska Natives females	44	4.6	3.1
White females	1,275	1.5

American Indians/Alaska Natives (both sexes)	170	7.2	1.6
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 old):

**Estimated number of cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2010 (United States)**
	Cumulative # Cases	# Cases
American Indian/Alaska Native	31	0
White	1,599	4
Total Population	9,475	23

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**
	Cummulative # Cases	# Cases	% of total cases
American Indian/Alaska Native	3,721	170	0.5%
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)**
	American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non- Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men	3.3	2.3	1.4
All ages, Women	--	0.5	--

Age 25-44, Men	4.2	3.0	1.4
Age 25-44, Women	--	0.8	--

Age 45-64, Men	7.4	5.3	1.4
Age 45-64, Women	--	1.0	--

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**
	Cummulative # Deaths	# Deaths	% of total cases
American Indian/Alaska Native	1,893	79	0.4%
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**
	American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native /Non- Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	41.0	37.3	1.1
Never tested	59.0	62.7	0.9

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 | 1.6MB]

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Content Last Modified: 9/5/2012 2:22:00 PM

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