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America has lost more people to AIDS than were lost
in the Korean,
Vietnam, and Gulf Wars combined.
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Every hour seven Americans are
infected with HIV, the virus that causes
AIDS;
of the of the seven, three are African-American;72
African-
Americans are
infected everyday.
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African-Americans
constitute
approximately 13% of the
United State's
population, yet
account for half of new HIV/AIDS
diagnoses in
2003 in
the 33 areas that have had integrated HIV and
AIDS case
surveillance
since at least 1999.
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One in 50 African-American men
and one in 160 African-American
women
are infected with HIV. African-Americans
accounted for 56% of deaths
due to HIV in 2002 and their survival
time
after an AIDS diagnosis is
lower on average than it is for
other racial/ethnic
groups.
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African-Americans accounted for
56% of deaths due to HIV in
2002.
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HIV was the third leading cause
of death for African-Americans, ages
25-34,in 2001, compared to the 6th
leading cause of death for whites
and Latinos in
this
age group. It ranks higher for some
subpopulations
—HIV was the #1
cause of death for African-American women ages
25-34 in 2001.
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African-American women accounted
for a greater proportion of new
AIDS
cases
among African-Americans overall in 2003 (36%)
than white
women did
among all
whites (14%).
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African-American women accounted for two-thirds
(67%) of new AIDS
cases
among
women in 2003; white women accounted for
15% and
Latinas 16%.
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Although African-American teens (ages
13-19) represent only
15% of
U.S. teenagers, they accounted for
65% of new AIDS
cases reported
among teens in 2002. A similar impact can be
seen among African-
American children.
Source:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Henry
J.
Kaiser Family Foundation Policy Fact Sheet, February
2005.
HIV/AIDS among African-Americans
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a health crisis for African-Americans. In 2001,
HIV/AIDS
was among the top 3 causes
of death for African-American
men
aged 25–54 years
and
among the top 4 causes of death for African-
American
women aged 20–54
years.
It was the number 1 cause of
death for African-American women aged
25–34 years
[1].
Cumulative
Effects of HIV/AIDS (through 2003)
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According to the 2000 Census, African-Americans make
up 12.3% of
the US
population. However, they account for 368,169 (40%) of
the
929,985
estimated
AIDS cases diagnosed since the epidemic
began [2].
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By the end of December 2003, an estimated 195,891
African-Americans with
AIDS had died [2].
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Of persons given a diagnosis of AIDS since 1995, a
smaller proportion
of
African-Americans (60%) were
alive after 9 years compared
with
American
Indians
and Alaska Natives (64%), Hispanics (68%),
whites
(70%), and
Asians and Pacific Islanders (77%) [2].
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During 2000–2003, HIV/AIDS rates for African-American females
were 19
times the rates for white
females and 5 times the rates
for Hispanic
females;
they also exceeded the rates for males of all
races/ethnicities other
than
African-Americans.
Rates for African-American males were 7
times those
for white
males and 3 times those for Hispanic males
[3].
Race/ethnicity of persons who died with
AIDS, 2003
Note.
Includes U.S. dependencies, possessions, and associated
nations.
AIDS in 2003
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African-Americans accounted for 21,304 (49%) of the
43,171
estimated AIDS
cases diagnosed in the United
States (including US
dependencies, possessions,
and
associated nations) [2].
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The rate of AIDS diagnoses for African-Americans was
almost 10 times
the
rate for whites and almost 3
times the rate for Hispanics. The rate of
AIDS
diagnoses for African-American women was 25 times
the rate for
white
women. The rate of AIDS diagnoses
for African-American men was 8
times
the rate for
white men [2].
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In the United States, 172,278 African-Americans were
living with AIDS.
They
accounted for 42% of all
people in the United States living with
AIDS [2].
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Of the 59 US children younger than 13 years of age
who had a new
AIDS
diagnosis, 40 were African-American.
Race/ethnicity of persons given a
diagnosis of AIDS, 2003
Note.
Based on data from 50 states and the District of
Columbia.
Does not include US dependencies, possessions, and
associated nations
or persons whose state or area of residence is unknown.
HIV/AIDS in 2003
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African-Americans accounted for 16,165 (50%) of the
32,048
estimated new
HIV/AIDS diagnoses in the
United States in the 32
states with confidential
name-based HIV reporting [2].
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A study of people with a diagnosis of HIV infection
found that 56% of
late
testers (that is, those who
received an AIDS diagnosis within 1
year after
their
HIV diagnosis) were African-American [4].
Late testing
represents
missed opportunities for
preventing and treating HIV
infection.
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The leading cause of HIV infection among African-American men was
sexual
contact with other men; the
next leading causes were
heterosexual contact
and
injection drug use [2].
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The leading cause of HIV infection among African-American women
was
heterosexual contact; the next
leading cause was injection drug
use [2].
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Of the 90 infants reported as having HIV/AIDS, 62
were
African-American [2].
Transmission categories of
African-Americans given a diagnosis of
HIV/AIDS, 2003
Note.
Based on data from 32 states with confidential
name-based HIV
reporting.
Source.
MMWR
2004; 53:1106-1110.
References
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Anderson RN, Smith BL. Deaths: leading causes for
2001.
National
Vital
Statistics Reports
2003;52(9): 27–33. Available at
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/
nvsr52/nvsr52_09.pdf.
Accessed
December 23,
2004.
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CDC.
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2003
(Vol. 15).
Atlanta: US Department of
Health and
Human Services, CDC; 2004:1–46. Available at
http://www.cdc.gov/ HIV/stats/2003surveillancereport.pdf.
Accessed February 2, 2005.
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CDC. Diagnoses of HIV/AIDS—32 states, 2000–2003.
MMWR
2004;53:1106–1110.
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CDC. Late versus early testing of HIV—16 sites,
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2003;52:581–586.
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