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Table 15. Reported cases of AIDS for female adults and adolescents by race/ethnicity and exposure category, 1998–2002—United States
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  Year of diagnosis Cumulative through
2002a
Exposure category 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
  White, not Hispanic  
Injection drug use 762 672 641 615 583 13,035
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 5 6 0 4 2 114
Heterosexual contact 847 833 752 770 787 12,995
Sex with injection drug user 280 275 258 218 225 5,063
Sex with bisexual male 77 87 55 55 49 1,642
Sex with person with hemophilia 19 8 8 5 10 302
Sex with HIV-infected transfusion recipient 9 9 12 3 12 330
Sex with HIV-infected person, risk not specified 462 454 419 489 491 5,658
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue 37 28 44 23 17 1,857
Other/risk not reported or identifiedb 346 358 422 582 542 4,011
Total 1,997 1,897 1,859 1,994 1,931 32,012
  Black, not Hispanic  
Injection drug use 2,065 1,890 1,623 1,429 1,394 34,041
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 13 8 4 4 8 122
Heterosexual contact 2,882 2,942 2,890 3,039 3,063 35,748
Sex with injection drug user 776 684 655 576 555 11,861
Sex with bisexual male 120 90 106 131 124 1,724
Sex with person with hemophilia 6 8 5 4 4 95
Sex with HIV-infected transfusion recipient 14 10 13 12 16 198
Sex with HIV-infected person, risk not specified 1,966 2,150 2,111 2,316 2,364 21,870
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue 64 81 82 71 76 1,434
Other/risk not reported or identifiedb 1,679 1,798 1,897 2,428 2,812 17,896
Total 6,703 6,719 6,496 6,971 7,353 89,241
  Hispanic  
Injection drug use 616 577 540 437 386 11,104
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 4 3 0 2 1 56
Heterosexual contact 1,050 980 879 914 837 14,001
Sex with injection drug user 311 290 206 206 193 5,827
Sex with bisexual male 48 22 35 26 30 617
Sex with person with hemophilia 6 2 3 1 1 43
Sex with HIV-infected transfusion recipient 1 5 5 3 4 107
Sex with HIV-infected person, risk not specified 684 661 630 678 609 7,407
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue 18 17 17 14 19 577
Other/risk not reported or identifiedb 347 356 409 504 629 3,634
Total 2,035 1,933 1,845 1,871 1,872 29,372
  Asian/Pacific Islander  
Injection drug use 6 7 3 7 4 121
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 0 0 0 1 0 7
Heterosexual contact 29 31 36 32 29 410
Sex with injection drug user 8 4 2 5 2 93
Sex with bisexual male 5 2 3 4 2 77
Sex with person with hemophilia 0 0 0 0 0 4
Sex with HIV-infected transfusion recipient 1 0 1 1 0 21
Sex with HIV-infected person, risk not specified 15 25 30 22 25 215
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue 3 3 3 1 3 103
Other/risk not reported or identifiedb 19 20 34 27 33 200
Total 57 61 76 68 69 841
  American Indian/Alaska Native  
Injection drug use 17 12 29 16 13 221
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 0 0 1 0 0 3
Heterosexual contact 10 15 29 16 20 199
Sex with injection drug user 4 5 9 9 9 89
Sex with bisexual male 1 1 6 1 0 26
Sex with person with hemophilia 0 1 0 0 0 2
Sex with HIV-infected transfusion recipient 1 2 0 0 0 3
Sex with HIV-infected person, risk not specified 4 6 14 6 11 79
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue 0 1 1 0 2 15
Other/risk not reported or identifiedb 4 12 10 10 7 71
Total 31 40 70 42 42 509
Total casese 10,832 10,656 10,350 10,955 11,279 152,060
a Includes female adults and adolescents with a diagnosis AIDS, reported from the beginning of the epidemic through 2002.
b Includes hemophilia, blood transfusion, perinatal, and risk not reported or not identified.
c Includes female adults and adolescents of unknown race or multiple races.
Last Modified: June 14, 2006
Last Reviewed: June 14, 2006
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