Table 12. Estimated numbers of persons living with AIDS, by year and selected characteristics, 2003–2007—United States and dependent areas

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Data for 50 states and the District of Columbia
Age at end of year
<13	2,040	1,722	1,428	1,142	889
13–14	750	785	770	725	659
15–19	1,703	1,986	2,250	2,491	2,681
20–24	4,313	4,652	5,050	5,326	5,826
25–29	12,781	13,070	13,498	14,194	14,910
30–34	33,923	32,068	29,944	28,590	28,104
35–39	68,253	65,173	62,245	59,361	56,762
40–44	86,383	91,397	94,026	94,735	93,297
45–49	71,286	77,390	84,045	90,325	97,017
50–54	46,661	53,125	59,045	66,003	72,991
55–59	23,976	28,149	33,279	38,626	44,298
60–64	11,224	13,232	15,265	17,878	21,196
≥65	8,842	10,450	12,232	14,386	17,005
Race/ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native	1,350	1,449	1,543	1,612	1,700
Asian^a	3,075	3,372	3,679	4,006	4,398
Black/African American	160,161	170,224	179,369	188,740	199,124
Hispanic/Latino^b	68,446	72,662	77,016	81,635	86,244
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	227	262	307	364	430
White	135,247	141,348	146,995	153,118	159,338
Transmission category
Male adult or adolescent
Male-to-male sexual contact	170,213	180,944	191,228	202,134	213,510
Injection drug use	58,994	60,165	61,164	62,283	63,636
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	26,131	26,833	27,487	28,081	28,691
High-risk heterosexual contact^c	27,847	30,537	32,979	35,489	38,067
Other^d	2,983	3,068	3,172	3,282	3,380
Subtotal	286,168	301,547	316,029	331,269	347,284
Female adult or adolescent
Injection drug use	30,275	31,192	31,980	32,717	33,531
High-risk heterosexual contact^c	50,148	54,792	59,277	63,910	68,798
Other^d	1,729	1,851	1,958	2,068	2,231
Subtotal	82,152	87,835	93,214	98,695	104,560
Child (<13 yrs at diagnosis)
Perinatal	3,614	3,615	3,631	3,618	3,592
Other^e	202	202	204	203	200
Subtotal	3,816	3,818	3,835	3,820	3,792
Region of residence
Northeast	111,086	115,728	120,407	125,474	130,985
Midwest	38,604	41,186	44,127	46,731	49,437
South	145,993	156,404	165,233	174,221	183,825
West	76,453	79,882	83,310	87,357	91,390
Subtotal for 50 states and the District of Columbia	372,136	393,200	413,077	433,783	455,636
Data for U.S. dependent areas	10,404	10,753	11,173	11,464	11,874
Total^f	382,896	404,438	424,871	446,098	468,578

Note. Rates have been adjusted for reporting delays. Dashes indicate data not shown because the state has not had laws or regulations requiring confidential name-based HIV infection reporting since at least 2003.

^a Includes persons whose area of residence is unknown.