2006 African Americans and HIV (Kaiser) download PDF
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- African Americans account for more AIDS diagnoses than any other racial/ethnic group in the U.S.
- The CDC estimates that between 488,000 - 557,00 African Americans were living with HIV or AIDS in the United States in 2003, a figure which has likely grown since that time.
- Although African Americans represent only 13% of the US population, they account for 40% of the 944,306 AIDS cases diagnosed since the start of the epidemic and approximately haly (49%) of the 42,514 cases diagnosed in 2004 alone.
- HIV was the 3rd leading cause of death for African Americans, ages 25-34, in 2003 compared to the 6th leading cause of death for white and Latinos in this age group.
- African American women account for the far majority of new AIDS cases among women (67% in 2004); white women account for 17% and Latinas 15%.