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Current HIV Statistics

 Estimated Number of New HIV infections in the U.S. in 2006 56,400
 Men 41,400
 Women 15,000
   
 Estimated Number of AIDS related Deaths in the U.S. in 2006  15,564
 Men  10,945
 Women  3,991
   
 Estimated Number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and territories in 2007:  732,514
 HIV  263,936
 AIDS  468,578
   
 Estimated Number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and territories in 2007 by ethnicity  
 Whites  181,380
 Blacks  267,116
 Latino  92,943
 Asian/Pacific Islander  3,408
 Native American  2,281
   
 Estimated Number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and territories in 2007 by exposure category  
 Men who have sex with men  253,804
 Injection drug users  102,601
 Men who have sex with men and inject drugs  28,081
 Heterosexual contact  154,654
 Other  6,285 
   
 U.S. States and territories with the highest number of cumulative cases  
 New York  121,643
 California  123,819
 Florida  87,745
 Texas  61,545
 New Jersey  35,283
 Pennsylvania   26,369
 Illinois  26,319
 Puerto Rico  18,764

 






Source: CDC "HIV/AIDS Sureveillance Report"  Vol. 19