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AIDS Education in the United States

At the end of 2003, an estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 persons in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS. In 2006, 35,314 new cases of HIV/AIDS in adults, adolescents, and children were diagnosed in the 33 states with long-term, confidential name–based HIV reporting. CDC has developed a new and innovative system designed to estimate the number of new HIV infections (or incidence) for the United States in a given year. Using this new technology, CDC estimates that 56,300 new HIV infections occurred in the United States in 2006.

Key Facts about AIDS in the US

An estimated 47% of the persons living with HIV were black, 34% were white, and 17% were Hispanic.
Males accounted for 74% of the population living with HIV.
By age, more than half (57%) were aged 25–44.
Children younger than 13 years accounted for less than 1% of diagnoses.