HIV/AIDS and Hispanic Americans

HIV/AIDS

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.

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]

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]

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]

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]

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 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 ]

**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]

**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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