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HIV/AIDS and African Americans

Although African Americans represent 13% of the U.S. population, they account for 44% of HIV infection cases in 2016.

African American males have 8.6 times the AIDS rate as white males.
African American females have 18.6 times the AIDS rate as white females.
African American men are almost 6 times as likely to die from HIV/AIDS as non-Hispanic white men.
African American women are almost 18 times as likely to die from HIV/AIDS as non-Hispanic white women.
In 2016, African Americans were 8.4 times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV infection, as compared to the white population.

HIV Infection Cases and Rates (Adults)

**Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of HIV infection, 2016**
	# Cases	Rate	African American/ White Ratio
African American males	12,890	82.8	7.8
White males	8,879	10.6

African American females	4,560	26.2	15.4
White females	1,450	1.7

African American (total, all ages)	17,528	43.6	8.4
White (total, all ages)	10,345	5.2

Source: CDC 2017. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2016, v.28. Table 3a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2016-vol-28.pdf [PDF | 5.77MB]

HIV Infection Cases and Rates (Children <13 years)

**Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of HIV infection, 2016**
	# Cases	Rate
African American	78	1.1
White	16	0.1
Total Population	122	0.2

HIV Infection Cases (Adults and Children)

**Estimated number of cases of HIV infection by year of diagnosis, 2016**
	#Cases	% of total cases
African American	17,528	44%
White	10,345	26%
Total Population	39,782

**Estimated number of persons living with HIV infection by year, 2015**
	#Cases	% of total cases
African American	405,857	41.7%
White	298,670	30.7%
Total Population	973,846

Source: CDC 2017. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2016, v.28. Table 20a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2016-vol-28.pdf [PDF | 5.77MB]

AIDS Cases and Rates (Adults)

**Estimated number of cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2016**
	# Cases	Rate	African American/ White Ratio
African American males	5,879	37.8	8.6
White males	3,713	4.4

African American females	2,597	14.9	18.6
White females	724	0.8

African American (both sexes)	8,501	21.1	9.6
White (both sexes)	4,442	2.2

Source: CDC 2017. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2016, v.28. Table 4a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2016-vol-28.pdf [PDF | 5.77MB]

AIDS Cases and Rates (Children <13 years)

**Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2016**
	Commulative # Cases	# Cases	Rate
African American	5,633	25	0.3
White	1,536	5	0.0
Total Population	9,573	38	0.1

Source: CDC 2017. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2016, v.28 Table 12a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2016-vol-28.pdf [PDF | 5.77MB]

AIDS Cases (Adults and Children)

**Estimated number of cases of AIDS by year of diagnosis, 2016**
	Cumulative # cases	# Cases	% of total cases
African American	508,711	8,501	46.8%
White	439,998	4,442	24.5%
Total Population	1,232,346	18,160

Death Rate

**AIDS Death Rates per 100,000 population (2015)**
	African Americans	Non-Hispanic White	African American/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men	24.3	4.0	6.1
All ages, Women	10.7	0.6	17.8

Total Population	14.0	2.0	7.0

Source: Source: CDC 2017. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2016, v.28. Table 19 a
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2016-vol-28.pdf [PDF | 5.77MB ]

AIDS Deaths

**Estimated number of deaths, and death rates, of persons with AIDS by year of death, 2015**
	Rate	Cumulative # Deaths	# Deaths	% of total cases
African Americans	14.0	285,744	5,586	44.7%
White	2.0	279,807	3,879	31.0%
Total Population	3.9	692,789	12,497

Source: CDC 2017. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2016, v.28. Table 17a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2016-vol-28.pdf [PDF | 5.77MB]

HIV Testing

**Age-adjusted percent of HIV testing status among persons 18 years of age and over, 2015**
	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	58.3	35.5	1.6
Never tested	41.7	64.5	0.6

Source: CDC 2017. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2015. Table A-20a.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/SHS/tables.htm

Last Modified: 1/17/2018 9:43:00 AM

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