Statistics: United States

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Nearly 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV, and about 14% of those don’t know they are infected.
Of the U.S. population living with HIV, just over half are virally suppressed.
There were 37,968 new HIV diagnoses in 2018.
In 2017, Southern states accounted for more than half of new HIV diagnoses in the U.S., despite making up just 38% of the overall U.S. population.
African Americans accounted for 42% of HIV diagnoses in 2018, although they comprise only 13% of the population.
There were 17,032 people diagnosed with AIDS in 2018.
In 2018, there were 15,820 deaths among people with diagnosed HIV in the United States and 6 dependent areas. These deaths may be due to any cause.

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Gay and Bisexual Men

In 2018, gay and bisexual men accounted for 86% of HIV diagnoses among males, although they comprise only 4% of the U.S. male population.
At the end of 2016, an estimated 707,100 gay and bisexual men were living with HIV. About 17% of them were unaware of their infection.
African American gay and bisexual men account for the largest number of HIV diagnoses.
Gay and bisexual men aged 13 to 34 accounted for 64% of new diagnoses among all gay and bisexual men in 2017.

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HIV in Women

Approximately 23% of people living with HIV in the United States are women. About one in nine of them are unaware of their status.
Adult and adolescent women accounted for 19% of new HIV diagnoses in 2018. Of these, 85% were attributed to heterosexual sex and 15% to injection drug use.
The number of annual HIV diagnoses in women declined 23% from 2010 to 2017. New HIV diagnoses declined 27% among African-American women and 23% among Latinas, but remained stable among white women. New HIV diagnoses declined among women of all ages except in those over 55; in that age group the rate of new diagnoses remained stable.
Among all women diagnosed with HIV in 2018, 57% were African American, 21% were white, and 18% were Hispanic/Latina.

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HIV in Young People

Youth aged 13 to 24 accounted for more than 1 in 5 new HIV diagnoses in 2018.
Young men accounted for 87% of new HIV diagnoses among youth in 2018; young women for 13%. About 92% of young men acquired HIV through male-to-male sexual contact; about 85% of young women acquired HIV through heterosexual contact.
Among people aged 13-24, an estimated 44% of those living with HIV at the end of 2016 didn’t know they were infected.
Youth with HIV are the least likely of any age group to be linked to care in a timely manner and have a suppressed viral load. Only 30% of youth living with HIV in 2016 were virally suppressed.

(Last updated: June 2020)