- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
now estimate that more than one million Americans are living
with HIV. Up to one-third of them do not know they are HIV-positive.
- It's estimated that one
in every 20 adults in the District of Columbia is infected
with HIV.
- DC has the highest rate
of new AIDS cases per 100,000 population in the United States
-- a rate that is 11 times the national average.
- In DC, the greatest increase
in AIDS cases is occurring among people of color, women,
injection drug users and through heterosexual contact.
- In DC, 81 percent of all
AIDS cases are among African-Americans.
- More than 15,000 people
in the Washington metropolitan area live with AIDS. Tens of thousands more people are estimated to be infected
with HIV.
- Nationwide, someone under
the age of 25 is infected with HIV every 30 minutes.
HIV/AIDS in Populations at
Risk
African-Americans - HTML
and PDF
Latinas/os - HTML and PDF
Men Who Have Sex With Men - HTML and PDF
Older Americans - HTML
and PDF
Substance Use - HTML
and PDF
Transgender People - HTML
and PDF
Women - HTML and PDF
Women of Color - HTML
and PDF
Youth - HTML and PDF
Washington,
DC Profile of the Epidemic
Virginia Profile of the Epidemic
Maryland Profile of the Epidemic
DC Metropolitan Area Profile of the Epidemic
National Profile of the Epidemic
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