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HIV/AIDS and Hispanic Americans

  • Hispanic Americans accounted for almost 30 percent of all HIV infection cases in 2019.
  • Hispanic males are four times as likely to have either HIV infection or AIDS as compared to white males.
  • Hispanic females were four times as likely to have AIDS in 2019 as compared to white females.
  • Hispanic men are twice as likely as non-Hispanic white men to die of HIV infection.
  • Hispanic women are three times as likely as non-Hispanic white women to die of HIV infection.

 

HIV Infection Cases and Rates (Adults)

Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of HIV infection, 2019

 
# Cases
Rate
Hispanic /
White Ratio
Hispanic males
8,864
37.5
4.2
White males
7,498
8.9
 
 
Hispanic females
1,248
5.3
3.1
White females
1,508
1.7
 
 
Hispanic (total, all ages)
10,120
16.7
3.6
White (total, all ages)
9,013
4.6
 

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019, v.32. Tables 1a and 3a.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2018-updated-vol-32.pdf [PDF | 19.7MB]

 

HIV Infection Cases and Rates (Children <13 years)

Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of HIV infection, 2019

 
# Cases
Rate
Hispanic
8
0.1
White
7
0.0
Total Population
61
0.1

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019, v.32. Table 2a.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2018-updated-vol-32.pdf [PDF | 16.7MB]

 

HIV Infection Cases (Adults and Children)

Estimated number of cases of HIV infection by year of diagnosis, 2019

 
# Cases
% of Total Cases
Hispanic
10,120
27.8
White
9,013
24.7
Total Population
36,398
 

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019, v.32. Table 1a.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2018-updated-vol-32.pdf [PDF | 19.7B]

 

Estimated number of persons living with HIV infection and rates (per 100,000) by year, 2019

 
Rate
# Cases
% of Total Cases
Hispanic
411.3
249,114
23.8
White
153.9
303,701
29.0
Total Population
318.4
1,044,977
 

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019, v.32. Table 16a.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2018-updated-vol-32.pdf [PDF | 19.7MB]

 

AIDS Cases and Rates (Adults)

Estimated number of cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2019
 
# Cases
Rate
Hispanic /
White Ratio
Hispanic males
3,479
14.7
3.9
White males
3,190
3.8
 
 
Hispanic females
724
3.1
3.9
White females
685
0.8
 
 
Hispanic (both sexes)
4,203
8.9
3.9
White (both sexes)
3,875
2.3
 

Source: CDC 2021. NCHHSTP Atlas Plus.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/atlas/index.htm [Accessed 06/16/2021]

 

Estimated number of cases of AIDS by year of diagnosis, 2019

 
Cumulative # Cases*
% of Total Cases
Hispanic
279,799
21.4
White
444,613
34.0
Total Population
1,307,283
 

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019. Slide Set: HIV Infection, Stage 3 (AIDS) 2019. Slide 43.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/slidesets/cdc-hiv-infection-stage-3-2019.pdf [PDF | 6.6MB]

 

Death Rate

HIV infection death rates per 100,000 population. 2019

 
Hispanic
Non-Hispanic White
Hispanic /
Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men
9.1
5.0
1.8
All ages, Women
2.4
0.8
3.0
 
Total Population
4.5
2.5
1.8

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019, v.32. Table 12a.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2018-updated-vol-32.pdf[PDF | 19.7MB ]

 

AIDS Deaths

Estimated number of deaths, and death rates, of persons with AIDS by year of death, 2019
 
# Deaths 2019
Rate 2019
Cumulative # Deaths*
% of Total Cases
Hispanic
2,180
4.6
141,532
39.9
White
3,637
2.1
293,444
38.3
Total Population
11,899
4.3
766,380
 

Source: CDC 2021. NCHHSTP Atlas Plus
https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/atlas/index.htm [Accessed 06/16/2021]

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019. Slide Set: HIV Infection, Stage 3 (AIDS) 2019. Slide 43.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/slidesets/cdc-hiv-infection-stage-3-2019.pdf [PDF | 6.6MB]

 

HIV Testing

Age-adjusted percent of HIV testing status among persons 18 years of age and over, 2018
 
Hispanic
Non-Hispanic White
Hispanic /
Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested
45.3
39.9
1.0
Never tested
54.7
60.1
0.9

Source: CDC 2021. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2018. Table A-20a.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/SHS/tables.htm

 

* Cumulative data are from the beginning of the epidemic through 2019.
Last Modified: 7/8/2021 12:28:00 PM

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