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HIV/AIDS DIAGNOSES
At the end of 2003, an estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 persons in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS [1].* In 2005, 38,096 cases of HIV/AIDS in adults, adolescents, and children were diagnosed in the 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting [2]. CDC has estimated that approximately 40,000 persons in the United States become infected with HIV each year [3].
By Transmission Category
In 2005, the largest estimated proportion of HIV/AIDS diagnoses were for men who have sex with men (MSM), followed by adults and adolescents infected through heterosexual contact.
Transmission categories of adults and adolescents
with HIV/AIDS diagnosed during 2005
Transmission categories of adults and adolescents with HIV/AIDS diagnosed during 2005
Note. Based on data from 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting.
*The term HIV/AIDS refers to 3 categories of diagnoses collectively: (1) a diagnosis of HIV infection (not AIDS), (2) a diagnosis of HIV infection with a later diagnosis of AIDS, and (3) concurrent diagnoses of HIV infection and AIDS.
By Sex
In 2005, almost three quarters of HIV/AIDS diagnoses were for male adolescents and adults.
Sex of adults and adolescents with HIV/AIDS
diagnosed during 2005
Sex of adults and adolescents with HIV/AIDS diagnosed during 2005
Note. Based on data from 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting.
By Race/Ethnicity
In 2005, African Americans, who make up approximately 12% of the US population, accounted for almost half of the estimated number of HIV/AIDS cases diagnosed.
Race/ethnicity of persons (including children) with
HIV/AIDS diagnosed during 2005
Race/ethnicity of persons (including children) with HIV/AIDS diagnosed during 2005
Note. Based on data from 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting.
TRENDS IN AIDS DIAGNOSES AND DEATHS
During the mid-to-late 1990s, advances in treatment slowed the progression of HIV infection to AIDS and led to dramatic decreases in deaths among persons with AIDS. The decrease in the estimated number of deaths of persons with AIDS continued, but the number of AIDS cases diagnosed during that same period increased [2]. The reasons for the increase in the number of AIDS diagnoses are unclear but may be due to increased emphasis on testing; the fact that more people are living with HIV and thus are experiencing the development of AIDS; and technical issues in the statistical process used in estimating the number of AIDS diagnoses.
Better treatments have also led to an increase in the number of persons in the United States who are living with AIDS. From 2001 through 2005, the estimated number of persons in the United States living with AIDS increased from 331,512 to 425,910鈥攁n increase of 28% [2].
Estimated numbers of AIDS diagnoses, deaths, and persons living with AIDS, 2001鈥?005
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AIDS diagnoses spacer 38,016 spacer 38,513 spacer 39,728 spacer 39,775 spacer 44,198 spacer 956,666
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Deaths of persons with AIDS spacer 16,980 spacer 16,641 spacer 17,404 spacer 17,453 spacer 16,316 spacer 530,756
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Persons living with AIDS spacer 331,512 spacer 353,384 spacer 375,707 spacer 398,029 spacer 425,910 spacer NA
NA, not applicable (the values given for each year are cumulative).
References
1. Glynn M, Rhodes P. Estimated HIV prevalence in the United States at the end of 2003. National HIV Prevention Conference; June 2005; Atlanta. Abstract T1-B1101. Available at http://www.aegis.com/conferences/NHIVPC/... Web Link. Accessed January 11, 2007.
2. CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2005. Vol. 17. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2006:1鈥?6. Accessed January 11, 2007.
3. CDC. Guidelines for National Human Immunodeficiency Virus Case Surveillance, Including Monitoring for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. MMWR 1999;48(RR-13):1鈥?8.
AIDS is a defining issue of our time. Most unfortunately, it is defining the lives of millions of
women and girls, as 7000 of them become infected with HIV each day. UNAIDS greatly welcomes
the theme of this session of the Commission. The elimination of all forms of discrimination and
violence against girls would not only protect their human rights, it would go a long way to reduce
their vulnerability to HIV infection and to the impact of AIDS.
Globally, almost 18 million women and girls over the age of 15 are living with HIV 鈥?nearly
half of all people infected. In the nine most heavily infected countries in Africa, 59% of adults and
nearly 75% of young people infected with HIV are female. In some countries, young women and
girls can be 4 to 13 times more likely to be HIV-infected than young men. These figures represent
the 鈥渇eminization of the epidemic鈥? In hard hit areas, it is undoing any development gains for
women and girls. Among other things, this feminisation reflects the reality that the HIV-related
needs of women and girls are not being addressed in national responses to HIV. It also reflects
the fact that age-old, wide-spread discrimination and violence against women and girls makes
them extremely vulnerable to HIV infection and to the impact of AIDS.
For these reasons UNAIDS initiated the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS. It brings
together leaders on women, girls and HIV to galvanize greater attention to women and girls in the
response to HIV. There are seven action areas, a number of which are particularly pertinent to
this year鈥檚 theme of the Commission: reducing gender-based violence, preventing HIV infection
among adolescent girls, protecting the property and inheritance rights of women and girls, and
supporting efforts towards universal education for girls
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