HIV/AIDS and Hispanic Americans

• Hispanic males were four times more likely to have either HIV infection or AIDS compared to non-Hispanic white males in 2022.1
• Hispanic females were 19 times more likely to have AIDS in 2022 compared to non-Hispanic white females.1
• In 2022, Hispanic males were nearly twice as likely as non-Hispanic white males to die of HIV infection.2
• In 2022, Hispanic females were nearly three times as likely as non-Hispanic white females to die of HIV infection2

HIV Infection

Diagnoses of HIV Infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	40.8	8.7	4.7
Female	5.5	1.9	2.9
Total	18.6	4.6	4.0

Diagnoses of HIV infection among children age 12 and under, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
0.1	0.0	--

Diagnoses of HIV infection, percentage, 2022
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
31.4	24.2	1.3

Persons living with diagnosed HIV infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
423.0	156.5	2.7

AIDS

Prevalence of AIDS among persons age 13 and older, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	101.3	150.9	0.7
Female	414.2	21.7	19.1
Both Sexes	259.7	85.6	3.0

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	100.00
Hispanic	289,842	21.5
Non-Hispanic White	452,648	33.5

Deaths of persons with diagnosed HIV infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	10.3	6.0	1.7
Female	2.7	1.0	2.7
Total Population	5.2	3.0	1.7

Deaths of persons age 13 and older with AIDS, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
5.2	2.5	2.1

HIV Testing

HIV testing status among persons age 18 and over, age-adjusted percentage, 2018
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	45.3	39.9	1.1
Never tested	54.7	60.1	0.9

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1 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, 2022, v.35. Tables 3a and 1a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509 (Back to top)

2 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 to top)