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HIV Infection in Minority Populations
Provided by National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Overview
Racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States, primarily African Americans and Hispanics, constitute 61 percent of the more than 830,000 cases of AIDS reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since the epidemic began in 1981. African Americans make up 41 percent of all AIDS cases reported in the United States, yet according to the U.S. Census Bureau, they comprise only 12 percent of the U.S. population. Hispanics represent 19 percent of all AIDS cases and are approximately 13 percent of the U.S. population. Injection drug use is a major factor in the spread of HIV in minority communities. Other factors contributing to the spread of HIV/AIDS in these communities include men who have sex with men (MSM) and increasingly, heterosexual transmission.
According to CDC
As of December 2002, African Americans and Hispanics represented 57 percent of males living with AIDS and 78 percent of those in females.
As of December 2002, 59 percent of all women reported with AIDS are African American and 19 percent are Hispanic.
African American children represent almost 59 percent of all pediatric AIDS cases.
Of the 92 pediatric AIDS cases reported in 2002, 82 (89 percent) were in African Americans and Hispanics.
AIDS is the leading cause of death among African-American men ages 25-44.
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