Renewing HIV Prevention: Solutions for Today’s Challenges

To better understand how the HIV/AIDS epidemic is affecting men
and women, it is critical we look at race and risk by gender.

BLACK 64%
HISPANIC 18%
WHITE 18%

HETEROSEXUAL 75%
10025%

ESTIMATES OF ANNUAL NEW INFECTIONS IN WOMEN, U.S., BY RACE AND RISK......................................................................................................................................................................................

-BLACK 50%
HISPANIC 20%
- WHITE 30%

- MSM 60%
SHETEROSEXUAL 15%
- IDU 25%

ESTIMATES OF ANNUAL NEW INFECTIONS IN MEN, U.S., BY RACE AND RISK............................................................................................................................................................
Cumulative Toll: AIDS Cases and Deaths through June 2001
AIDS Cases
As of June 2001, 793,026 AIDS cases have been reported in the U.S., including
653,808 cases reported among men and 139,217 among women. A total of 8,994 AIDS
cases have been reported among children (ages 12 and under).
By race/ethnicity, 337,035 AIDS cases have been reported among whites, 301,784
among Blacks, and 145,220 among Hispanics.
AIDS Deaths
Since the beginning of the epidemic, 457,667 deaths were reported through
June 2001, including 389,018 among men and 68,649 among women.
Of these, 210,031 whites, 163,378 Blacks, and 79,650 Hispanics with AIDS have died.