HIV/AIDS and Black/African Americans

• Non-Hispanic Black or African Americans were diagnosed with HIV infection at more than seven times the rate of non-Hispanic whites in 2022.¹
  • Non-Hispanic Black or African American males were 7.6 times more likely to have a diagnosis of HIV infection than non-Hispanic white males in 2022.
  • o Non-Hispanic Black or African American females were 10 times more likely than non-Hispanic white females to have a diagnosis of HIV infection.
• In 2022, the rate of AIDS in non-Hispanic Black or African American females was 18 times the rate of AIDS in non-Hispanic white females.²
• Non-Hispanic Black or African American males were 6.4 times more likely than non-Hispanic white males to die with HIV infection.³
• In 2022, non-Hispanic Black or African Americans were nearly seven times more likely than non-Hispanic whites to die of AIDS.⁴

HIV Infection

Diagnoses of HIV Infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	66.3	8.7	7.6
Female	19.2	1.9	10.1
Total	34.7	4.6	7.5

Diagnoses of HIV infection among children age 12 and under, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
0.5	0.0	--

Diagnoses of HIV infection, by number of cases and percentage, 2022
	Cases	Percent of Total Cases
Total	37,663	100.0
Non-Hispanic Black	14,582	38.7
Non-Hispanic White	9,110	24.2

Persons living with diagnosed HIV infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
1,035.6	156.5	6.6

AIDS

Prevalence of AIDS among persons age 13 and older, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	851.5	150.9	5.6
Female	392.6	21.7	18.1
Both Sexes	610.8	85.6	7.1

Classifications of persons with Stage 3 (AIDS), by number of cases and percentage, 2022
	Cumulative Cases*	Percent of Total Cases
Total Population	1,350,998	100.0
Non-Hispanic Black	537,763	39.8
Non-Hispanic White	452,648	33.5
* Cumulative data are from the beginning of the epidemic through 2022.

Deaths of persons with diagnosed HIV infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	33.2	6.0	5.5
Female	13.8	1.0	13.8
Total Population	19.2	3.0	6.4

Deaths of persons age 13 and older with AIDS, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
17.3	2.5	6.9

HIV Testing

HIV testing status among persons age 18 and over, age-adjusted percentage, 2018
	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	62.8	39.9	1.6
Never tested	37.2	60.1	0.6

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¹ 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 3a and 1a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509 (back)

² CDC. National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP) Atlas Plus. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/nchhstpatlas/tables.html (back)

³ 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 (back)

⁴ CDC. National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP) Atlas Plus. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/nchhstpatlas/tables.html (back)