Saturday, June 11, 2011

Hispanics/Latinos: Hispanics/Latinos are

  • Hispanics/Latinos: Hispanics/Latinos are also disproportionately impacted.
    • Hispanics/Latinos represent 15% of the population but account for an estimated 17% of people living with HIV and 17% of new infections. HIV infections among Hispanics/Latinos overall have been roughly stable since the early 1990s.
    • The rate of new HIV infections among Hispanic/Latino men is more than double that of white men and the rate among Hispanic/Latino women is nearly four times that of white women.

Estimates Rates of New HIV Infections, By Race/Ethnicity, 2006

Estimates Rates of New HIV Infections, 2006, By Race/Ethnicity This graph is a bar chart with the following divisions The bar representing Black Americans extends from left to right and stops around 82 cases per 100,000 population. The bar representing Hispanic/Latino extends from left to right and stops around 30 cases per 100,000 population. The bar representing American Indian/Alaska Natives extends from left to right and stops around 18 cases per 100,000 population. The bar representing Whites extends from left to right and stops around 13 cases per 100,000 population. The bar representing Asian/Pacific Islanders extends from left to right and stops around 20 per 100,000 population.

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