AIDS Statistics

Here are some statistics regarding the disease that plagues our friends, family, and everyone around the world.

YOUNG PEOPLE

• During 2003 the majority of Nevadans diagnosed with HIV/AIDS were between ages 25 and 44.
• In Washoe County, a growing number of newly diagnosed were in the 13 to 24 year old age group.
• HIV/AIDS was the seventh leading cause of death among persons 25 to 44 years old in Nevada .

GENDER

• By gender males account for 87% of HIV deaths
• The death rate from HIV (5.68 per 100,000) for males was 16 times higher than that of females

AFRICAN AMERICANS

• In Washoe County African Americans had higher rates of HIV than people of other races.
• The black population were six and two and a half times higher than the next highest race.
• Blacks accounted for 20% of deaths, and their death rate was more than three times that of whites.

DRUGS and ALCOHOL

• Substance abusers accounted for one quarter of AIDS cases in the United States through June 2000.

HETROSEXUALS

• Heterosexual contact declined slowly from 1996 - 1998 but increased through 2004
• Heterosexual contact accounts for 8% of cumulative HIV infections in Washoe County (2005)

HOMOSEXUALS

• Homosexual contact leveled off in 2005 in Washoe County (numbers didn't go up or down) but it still accounts for 48% of all HIV diagnoses in Washoe County

WORLD WIDE

• 34 million people are living with HIV/AIDS
• It is estimated that 5 million more will be diagnosed in 2008