HIV/AIDS and Hispanic Americans

Hispanic Americans accounted for 20% of all HIV infection cases in 2010.
Hispanic males are 3 times as likely to have AIDS as compared to white males.
Hispanic females are almost 5 times as likely to have AIDS in 2010 as White females.
Hispanic men are 2.5 times as likely as non-Hispanic White men to die of HIV/AIDS.
Hispanic women are 3.8 times as likely as non-Hispanic white women to die of HIV/AIDS.
In 2010, Hispanic females were 4.4 times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV infection, as compared to White females.

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

**Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of HIV, 2010 (United States)**
	# Cases	Rate	Hispanic/ White Ratio
Hispanic males	8,087	44.7	2.9
White males	12,111	15.3

Hispanic females	1,533	9.2	4.4
White females	1,733	2.1

Hispanic (both sexes)	9,653	20.4	2.8
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
Hispanic	33	0.3
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]

**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
Hispanic	9,653	20%
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
Hispanic	151,130	19%
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**
Transmission	# Hispanic Cases	% of Hispanic Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Male-to-male sexual contact	76,922	66%	189,886	81%
Injection drug use	20,927	18%	15,366	9%
Heterosexual contact	11,372	10%	8,544	4%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	7,598	6%	20,400	9%
Other	282	0.2%	1,414	0.6%
Estimated Total	117,101		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	# Hispanic Cases	% of Hispanic Cases	# of White Cases	% of White Cases
Heterosexual contact	23,179	73%	23,927	65%
Injection drug use	8,368	26%	12,173	33%
Other	206	0.6%	487	1%
Estimated Total	31,753		36,587

At a glance – AIDS Cases and Rates (Adults)

**Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2010 (United States)**
	# Cases	Rate(per 100,000)	Hispanic/White Ratio
Hispanic males	5,406	29.1	3.2
White males	7,596	9.1

Hispanic females	1,224	7.1	4.7
White females	1,275	1.5

Hispanic (both sexes)	6,636	13.7	3.1
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)**
	# Cummulative Cases	# Cases
Hispanic	1,918	6
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**
	Cumulative # Cases	# Cases	% of total 2008 cases
Hispanic	192,586	6,636	20%
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 (2009)**
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men	5.0	2.0	2.5
All ages, Women (age-adjusted)	1.5	0.4	3.8

Age 25-44, Men	4.6	2.4	1.9
Age 25-44, Women	1.4	0.6	2.3

Age 45-64, Men	12.6	4.7	2.7
Age 45-64, Women	3.5	0.8	4.4

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
Hispanic	95,376	2,853	16%
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**
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ 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 |3.1MB]

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Content Last Modified: 11/29/2012 3:24:00 PM

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