Reports on HIV/AIDS: 1990

FEBRUARY 9, 1990, MMWR, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 81-86
Update: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - United States, 1989
During 1989, state and territorial health departments reported 35,238 cases (14.0
per 100,000 population) of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) to CDC.
Rates (reported cases per 100,000 population) were highest for blacks and Hispanics;
for persons 30-39 years of age; in the Northeast region and in U.S. territories
(primarily reflecting rates in Puerto Rico); in the largest metropolitan areas; and for
men (Table 1). Rates varied widely among states (Figure 1).* As in previous years,
most reported cases occurred among men who had had sex with other men
(homosexual/bisexual men) (56%) and among heterosexual intravenous-drug users
(IVDUs) (23%).
*The U.S. map will appear quarterly in the MMWR. More detailed information on AIDS cases is
provided in the monthly HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, including an expanded 1989 year-end
summary issued January 1990; single copies are available free from the National AIDS
Information Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20850.
FIGURE 1. Reported AIDS patients per 100,000 population, by state of residence -
United States, 1989
I

Vt. 3.6
N.H. 3.5
Mass. 12.8
R.I. 8.9
Conn. 13.3
N.J. 28.9
Del. 12.3
Md. 16.0
D.C. 80.6
5 -9.9
10-14.9
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