Check out the most recent, most relevant statistics on HIV in the United States and U.S. territories. Information provided by the Center for Disease Control & Prevention.

1. HIV by the Numbers
U.S. Statistics in 2009

2. Diagnoses of HIV in 2009
In 2009, the estimated number of diagnoses of HIV
infection in the 40 states and 5 U.S. dependent
areas with confidential name-based HIV infection
reporting was 42,959. Of these, 42,011 were in
the 40 states and 948 were in the 5 dependent
areas.

3. 40 States and 5 U.S. Dependent Areas
with Confidential Name-Based HIV
Infection Reporting:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut,
Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West
Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, the
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands.

4. Diagnoses of HIV in 2009
In the 40 states, diagnoses of HIV infection among
adults and adolescents totaled 41,845.
31,872 diagnoses in males
9,973 diagnoses in females
166 diagnoses among children under age 13 years

5. Race or Ethnicity Diagnoses of HIV
American Indian/Alaska Native
- 2009: 189
Asian
- 2009: 470
Black/African American
- 2009: 21,652
Hispanic/Latino
- 2009: 7,347

6. Race or Ethnicity Diagnoses of HIV
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander
- 2009: 34
White
- 2009: 11,803
Multiple Races
- 2009: 516

7. 2009 HIV Diagnoses by Top 10 Age
Categories
1. Ages 20 - 24 5. Ages 30 - 34
- 2009: 6,237 - 2009: 5,020
2. Ages 25 - 29 6. Ages 45 - 49
- 2009: 5,951 - 2009: 4,865
3. Ages 40 - 44 7. Ages 50 - 54
- 2009: 5,519 - 2009: 3,323
4. Ages 35 - 39
- 2009: 5,232

8. 2009 HIV Diagnoses by Top 10 Age
Categories
8. Ages 15 - 19
- 2009: 2,036
9. Ages 55 - 59
- 2009: 2,004
10. Ages 60 - 64
- 2009: 900

9. HIV Diagnoses by Transmission
Category in 2009
Adult & Adolescent Males
-Male-to-male sexual contact
-2009: 23,846
-Injection drug use
-2009: 2,449
-Heterosexual contact
-2009: 4,399

10. HIV Diagnoses by Transmission
Category in 2009
Adult & Adolescent Males
-Male-to-male sexual contact & injection drug use
-2009: 1,131
-Other (includes hemophilia, blood transfusion,
perinatal exposure & risk not reported)
-2009: 47

11. HIV Diagnoses by Transmission
Category in 2009
Adult & Adolescent Females
-Injection drug use
-2009: 1,483
-Heterosexual contact
-2009: 8,461
-Other (includes hemophilia, blood transfusion,
perinatal exposure & risk not reported)
-2009: 29

12. HIV Diagnoses by Transmission
Category in 2009
Under age 13
-Perinatal
-2009: 131
-Other (includes hemophilia, blood transfusion &
risk not reported)
-2009: 35

13. For more information, please visit
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/b
.
Here, you will find the CDC’s “HIV
Surveillance Report” and a wealth of
other HIV/AIDS-related resources.