HIV/AIDS in 2005
(The following bullets, except for the last one, are based on data from 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting.*)
- HIV/AIDS was diagnosed for an estimated 9,708 women.3
- High-risk heterosexual contact was the source of 80% of these newly diagnosed infections.3
- Women accounted for 26% of the estimated 37,163 diagnoses for adults and adolescents.3
- Of the 126,964 women living with HIV/AIDS, 64% were black, 19% were white, 15% were Hispanic, 1% were Asian or Pacific Islander, and less than 1% were American Indian or Alaska Native.3
- The number of HIV/AIDS diagnoses among female adults or adolescents decreased from 11,941 in 2001 to 9,708 in 2005.3
- According to a recent CDC study of more than 19,500 patients with HIV in 10 US cities, women were slightly less likely than men to receive prescriptions for the most effective treatments for HIV infection.4
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