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HIV/AIDS and Hispanic Americans

Hispanic Americans accounted for 20% of all HIV infection cases in 2014.
Hispanic males are 3 times as likely to have either HIV infection or AIDS as compared to white males.
Hispanic females are 4 times as likely to have AIDS in 2014 as white females.
Hispanic men are 1.8 times as likely as non-Hispanic white men to die of HIV infection.
Hispanic women are twice as likely as non-Hispanic white women to die of HIV infection.
In 2014, Hispanic females were almost 4 times as likely to be diagnosed with HIV infection, as compared to white females.

At a glance – HIV Infection Cases (Adults)

**Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of HIV, 2014**
	# Cases	Rate	Hispanic/White Ratio
Hispanic males	8,832	41.5	3.3
White males	10,513	12.6

Hispanic females	1,350	6.5	3.6
White females	1,483	1.7

Hispanic (total, all ages)	10,201	18.4	3.0
White (total, all ages)	12,025	6.1

Source: CDC 2015. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2014, v.26. Table 3a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-us.pdf [PDF | 5.00MB]

At a glance – HIV Infection Cases and Rates (Children <13 years)

**Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of HIV infection, 2014**
	# Cases	Rate
Hispanic	18	0.1
White	28	0.1
Total Population	174	0.3

**Estimated number of cases of HIV infection by year of diagnosis, 2014**
	# Cases	% of total cases
Hispanic	10,201	23%
White	12,025	27%
Total Population	44,073

**Estimated number of persons living with HIV infection by year, 2013**
	# Cases	% of total cases
Hispanic	190,282	20%
White	297,289	32%
Total Population	933,841

Source: CDC 2015. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2014, v.26. Table 18a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-us.pdf [PDF | 5.00MB]

At a glance – AIDS Cases and Rates (Adults)

**Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2014**
	# Cases	Rate(per 100,000)	Hispanic/White Ratio
Hispanic males	3,530	16.6	3.1
White males	4,489	5.4

Hispanic females	737	3.5	3.9
White females	808	0.9

Hispanic (both sexes)	4,279	7.7	2.7
White (both sexes)	5,303	2.7

Source: CDC 2015. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2014, v.26. Table 4a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-us.pdf [PDF | 5.00MB]

At a glance – AIDS Cases and Rates (Children <13 years)

**Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2014**
	# Cummulative Cases	# Cases	Rate (per 100,000 population)
Hispanic	1,988	12	0.1
White	1,556	6	0.0
Total Population	9,561	104	0.2

Source: CDC 2015. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2014, v.26. Table 8a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-us.pdf [PDF | 5.00MB]

At a glance – AIDS Cases (Adults and Children)

**Estimated number of cases of AIDS by year of diagnosis, 2011**
	Cumulative # Cases	# Cases	% of total 2008 cases
Hispanic	217,650	4,279	20%
White	439,455	5,303	25%
Total Population	1,210,835	20,896

Source: CDC 2015. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2014, v.26. Table 2a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-us.pdf [PDF | 5.00MB]

At a glance – Death Rate:

**HIV Death Rates per 100,000 population (2013)**
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men	3.4	1.9	1.8
All ages, Women (age-adjusted)	0.9	0.4	2.3

Age 25-44, Men	2.8	1.9	1.5
Age 25-44, Women	0.7	0.5	1.4

Age 45-64, Men	8.5	4.8	1.8
Age 45-64, Women	2.1	1.0	2.1

Source: CDC 2015. Health, United States 2014. Table 29.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2014/029.pdf [PDF | 124.64KB]

At a glance – AIDS Deaths:

**Estimated number of deaths, and death rates, of persons with AIDS by year of death, 2013**
	Rate	Cumulative # Deaths	# Deaths	% of total cases
Hispanic	4.1	102,923	2,220	17%
White	2.0	274,206	3,897	30%
Total Population	4.1	673,538	12,963

Source: CDC 2015. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2014, v.26. Table 13a.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-us.pdf [PDF | 5.00MB]

At a glance – HIV Testing:

**Age-adjusted percent of HIV testing status among persons 18 years of age and over, 2014**
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	41.1	35.0	1.2
Never tested	58.9	65.0	0.9

Source: CDC 2016. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2014. Table A-20a.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/SHS/tables.htm

Last Modified: 3/16/2016 3:06:00 PM

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