Changing faces: a snapshot of how HIV continues to have a powerful impact on individuals in the United States.

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RACIAL MINORITIES BEAR THE BRUNT 

Black Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities are being hit disproportionately by HIV, together accounting for more than two thirds of new infections occurring in 2005.

                                PROPORTION OF     PROPORTION OF
                                U.S. POPULATION   NEW HIV CASES

African-American                   13%               49%
White                              68%               31%
Hispanic                           14%               18%
Asian/Pacific Islander              4%                1%
American Indian/Alaska Native       1%               <1%

SOURCE: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

THE RISE OF THE WOMAN

Although the majority of new HIV cases and AIDS diagnoses continue to be among men after a quarter century into the pandemic, women (13 and older) have made a sharp increase as a percentage of new AIDS diagnoses.

1985    8%
1990   13%
1995   20%
2000   27%
2005   27%

SOURCE: KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION REPORT OF CDC DATA

WHAT'S GOING ON 

Sexual contact now accounts for more than three fifths of new cases of HIV transmission, although it used to be just over two thirds. The gap between man-to-man and man-to-woman contact as a mode of transmission continues to narrow.

                           Now      Then

Man-Man Sexual Contact      49%     67%
Heterosexual Contact        32%      3%
Injection-Drug Use        14.2%     17%
Man-Man & IDU              3.6%      7%
Other                      1.2%      6%