Reports on HIV/AIDS: 1990

FEBRUARY 9, 1990, MMWR, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 81-86
TABLE 1. Characteristics of reported persons with AIDS and percent change in cases,
by year of report and year of diagnosis - United States, 1988 and 1989

Characteristic
Sex
Male
Female
Age (yrs)
<5
5-9
10-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
>60
Race/Ethnicity'
White, non-Hispanic
Black, non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Asian/Pacific Islander
American Indian/
Alaskan Native

1989988
1988
Reported Reported
cases (%) Rate* cases
31,307 ( 88.8) 25.8 28,654
3,931 (11.2) 3.1 3,542
525 ( 1.5) 2.8 465
92 0.3) 0.5 100
150 ( 0.4) 0.4 154
7,002 ( 19.9) 16.8 6,646
16,270 ( 46.2) 39.1 14,780
7,637 ( 21.7) 25.8 6,781
2,525 ( 7.2) 11.3 2,226
1,037 ( 2.9) 2.5 1,044

Percent change (1988 to 1989)
Reported Diagnosedt
cases cases

Region
Northeast
Midwest
South
West
U.S. territories
Population size of metropolitan area
<100,000**
100,000-499,999
500,000-999,999
> 1,000,000
HIV exposure group
Homosexual/bisexual men
Intravenous-drug users
Women and heterosexual men
Homosexual/bisexual men
Persons with hemophilia
Adult/adolescent
Child
Transfusion recipients
Adult/adolescent
Child
Heterosexual contacts
Persons born in countries
where heterosexual
transmission predominates
Perinatal
No identified risk
Total

18,689
10,316
5,813
229
61
10,718
3,436
11,053
8,515
1,516
2,799
3,758
3,968
24,713
19,652
7,970
2,138
295
26
768
40
1,562
392
547
1,848
35,238

(53.0)
(29.3)
(16.5)
0.6)
0.2)
30.4)
9.8)
31.4)
24.2)
4.3)
7.9)
(10.7)
(11.3)
70.1)
(55.8)
(22.6)
6.1)
0.8)
0.1)
2.2)
0.1)
4.4)
1.1)
1.6)
5.2)
(100.0)

9.8
36.4
26.4
4.5
3.2

17,248
9,128
5,511
195
32

21.3 11,574
5.8 2,919
13.0 9,091
16.8 7,324
40.5 1,288
5.1 2,067
8.1 2,853
10.8 3,661
22.9 23,615
tt 18,130
tt 7,580
tt 2,129
tt 300
tt 39
tt 869
tt 66
tt 1,229

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374
468
1,012
32,196

*Per 100,000 population.
tBased on cases from October 1, 1988, through September 30, 1989, compared with cases from October 1,
1987, through September 30, 1988, and adjusted for reporting delay. Reporting delays can be estimated
reliably for cases diagnosed through September 1989.
'Excludes persons with unreported race/ethnicity.
'Estimate of percentage change in cases may be unreliable because of small number of cases.
**Includes nonmetropolitan areas.
"Census data not available for calculation of rates.
"This increase is due solely to an increase in cases diagnosed in the third quarter of 1989, which did not
continue in the fourth quarter.

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