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HIV/AIDS and Hispanic Americans

Hispanic Americans accounted for almost 25 percent of all HIV infection cases in 2016.
Hispanic males are 3 times as likely to have either HIV infection or AIDS as compared to white males.
Hispanic females are 4 times as likely to have AIDS in 2016 as 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.
In 2016, Hispanic females were four times as likely to be diagnosed with HIV infection, as compared to white females.

HIV Infection Cases (Adults)

**Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of HIV, 2016**
	# Cases	Rate	Hispanic/White Ratio
Hispanic males	8,582	38.8	3.7
White males	8,879	10.6

Hispanic females	1,168	5.3	3.1
White females	1,450	1.7

Hispanic (total, all ages)	9,766	17.0	3.3
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
Hispanic	16	0.1
White	16	0.1
Total Population	122	0.2

Source: CDC 2017. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2016, v.26. Table 3a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2016-vol-28.pdf [PDF | 5.77MB]

**Estimated number of cases of HIV infection by year of diagnosis, 2016**
	# Cases	% of total cases
Hispanic	9,766	24.5
White	10,345	26.0
Total Population	39,782

**Estimated number of persons living with HIV infection by year, 2015**
	# Cases	% of total cases
Hispanic	213,736	21.9
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 18a.
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 diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2016**
	# Cases	Rate(per 100,000)	Hispanic/White Ratio
Hispanic males	3,419	15.4	3.5
White males	3,713	4.4

Hispanic females	690	3.2	4.0
White females	724	0.8

Hispanic (both sexes)	4,111	7.2	3.3
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**
	# Cummulative Cases	# Cases	Rate (per 100,000 population)
Hispanic	2,037	2	0.1
White	1,536	5	0.0
Total Population	9,573	38	0.2

Source: CDC 2017. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2016, v.28. Table 8a.
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 2008 cases
Hispanic	213,473	4,111	22.6
White	439,998	4,442	24.5
Total Population	1,232,346	18,160

Source: CDC 2017. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2016, v.28. Table 2a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2016-vol-28.pdf [PDF | 5.77MB]

Death Rate:

**AIDS Death Rates per 100,000 population (2015)**
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men	7.8	4.0	2.0
All ages, Women (age-adjusted)	2.0	0.6	3.3

Total Population	3.7	2.0	1.9

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
Hispanic	3.7	106,644	2,100	16.8
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**
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	41.8	35.5	1.2
Never tested	58.2	64.5	0.9

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 9:58:00 AM

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