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

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Occurrence

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

All Ages

Diagnoses of HIV infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
Asian	Total	Ratio (Asian / Total)
4.0	11.6	0.34

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024). HIV surveillance report: Diagnoses, deaths, and prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 territories and freely associated states, 2023 (Vol. 35, Table 1a). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Adults and Adolescents

Diagnoses of HIV Infection among persons ages 13 and older, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
	Asian	Total Population	Ratio (Asian / Total)
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: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024). HIV surveillance report: Diagnoses, deaths, and prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 territories and freely associated states, 2023 (Vol. 35, Tables 3a and 1a). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Persons 13-24 years old living with diagnosed HIV infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
Asian	Total	Ratio (Asian / Total)
19.2	53.3	0.26

Children

Diagnoses of HIV infection among children ages 12 and under, rate per 100,000 population, 2023
Asian	Total	Ratio (Asian / Total)
0.1	0.1	1.00

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

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

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). NCHHSTP AtlasPlus [Interactive data tool]. National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention.

Classifications of persons with Stage 3 AIDS, by number of cases and percentage, 2023
	Asian	Total U.S. Population
Cumulative Cases^	11,440	1,366,381
Percent of Total Cases	0.8	100.00
^Cumulative data are from the beginning of the epidemic (1981) through 2023.

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (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) [PowerPoint presentation]. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Mortality

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

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

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024). HIV surveillance report: Diagnoses, deaths, and prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 territories and freely associated states, 2023 (Vol. 35, Tables 12a and 11a). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

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

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). NCHHSTP AtlasPlus [Interactive data tool]. National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention.

Health Care Use

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

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Summary health statistics for U.S. adults: 2018 (Table A-20a). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

*Population is non-Hispanic in the data source.

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)

Date Last Reviewed: January 2026