HIV/AIDS and Asian Americans

Non-Hispanic Asian Americans have the lowest rates of diagnosed HIV infection and AIDS prevalence among all racial and ethnic groups..

Non-Hispanic Asian Americans were diagnosed with HIV infection at an overall lower rate than the total population in 2023, which continues a trend since at least 2019.1
From the beginning of the epidemic (1981)2 through 2022, non-Hispanic Asian Americans account for less than 1% of classifications of persons with Stage 3 (AIDS).3
The rate of HIV diagnosis in Asians in 2023 exceeds levels seen in 2019.4

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HIV infection

Diagnoses of HIV Infection among persons ages 13 and older, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
	Non-Hispanic Asian	Total Population	Non-Hispanic Asian / Total Population Ratio
Male	8.4	22.5	0.37
Female	1.1	5.1	0.22
Total	4.0*	13.7	0.29
*Total rate may include children <13

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2023, v.35. Tables 3a and 1a.

Diagnoses of HIV infection among children ages 12 and under, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
Non-Hispanic Asian	Total	Non-Hispanic Asian / Total Population Ratio
0.1	0.1	1.00

Source: CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2023, v.35. Table 2a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509

Diagnoses of HIV infection, by number of cases and percentage, 2023
	Cases	Percent of Total Cases
Total U.S. Population	38,850	100%
Non-Hispanic Asian	818	2.11%

Source: CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2022, v.35. Table 1a.

Persons living with diagnosed HIV infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
Non-Hispanic Asian	Total	Non-Hispanic Asian / Total Population Ratio
19.2	53.3	0.26

Source: CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2022, v.35. Table 15a.

AIDS

Prevalence of AIDS among persons ages 13 and older, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
	Non-Hispanic Asian	Total Population	Non-Hispanic Asian / Total Population Ratio
Male	71.3	292.5	0.24
Female	13.5	87.4	0.15
Both Sexes	41.0	188.3	0.22

Source: CDC. National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP) Atlas Plus. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/nchhstpatlas/tables.html

Classifications of persons with Stage 3 (AIDS), by number of cases and percentage, 2023
	Cumulative Cases*	Percent of Total Cases
Total U.S. Population	1,366,381	100%
Non-Hispanic Asian	296,150	21.67%
*Cumulative data are from the beginning of the epidemic through 2023.

Source: CDC, 2025. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2023. Slide Set: HIV Infection, Stage 3 (AIDS) 2022. Slide 6. nhss-surveillance-slideset-stage-3-infection-2023.pptx.pptx

Deaths of persons with diagnosed HIV infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
	Non-Hispanic Asian	Total	Non-Hispanic Asian / Total Population Ratio
Male	0.9	8.7	0.10
Female	0.1	2.5	0.04
Total Population	0.5	5.6	0.09

Source: CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2022, v.35. Tables 12a and 11a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509

Deaths of persons ages 13 and older with AIDS, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
	Non-Hispanic Asian	Total Population	Non-Hispanic Asian / Total Population Ratio
Male	0.8	7.7	0.10
Female	0.1	2.2	0.05
Both Sexes	0.4	4.9	0.08

Source: CDC. NCHHSTP Atlas Plus. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/nchhstpatlas/tables.html

HIV testing

HIV testing status among persons ages 18 and over, age-adjusted percentage, 2018
	Asian	Total Population	Asian / Total Population Ratio
Ever tested	39.2	43.7	0.90
Never tested	60.8	56.3	1.08

Source: CDC, 2021. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2018. Table A-20a.

1 CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2023, v.35. Tables 3a and 1a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509 (Back to top)

2 HIV.gov. A Timeline of HIV and AIDS. A Timeline of HIV and AIDS | HIV.gov. Accessed September 10, 2025. (Back to top)

3 CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2022. Slide Set: HIV Infection, Stage 3 (AIDS) 2022. Slide 4. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv-data/media/pdfs/nhss/nhss-surveillance-slideset-stage-3-infection-2022.pdf (Back to top)

4 CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2023, v.35. Table 1b. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509 (Back to top)

Date Last Reviewed: September 2025