Table 14a. Survival for more than 12, 24, and 36 months after an AIDS diagnosis during 2000–2004, by selected characteristics—United States

	No. of persons	Proportion survived (in months)
	No. of persons	>12	>24	>36
Age at diagnosis (yr)
<13	493	0.93	0.92	0.91
13–14	331	0.97	0.96	0.93
15–19	1,477	0.97	0.95	0.93
20–24	7,227	0.94	0.92	0.90
25–29	15,906	0.93	0.91	0.88
30–34	28,882	0.92	0.89	0.87
35–39	40,611	0.91	0.87	0.85
40–44	37,486	0.89	0.85	0.82
45–49	26,886	0.86	0.82	0.78
50–54	16,151	0.83	0.78	0.74
55–59	8,081	0.79	0.74	0.71
60–64	4,222	0.75	0.69	0.65
≥65	3,660	0.66	0.59	0.54
Race/ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native	862	0.86	0.81	0.77
Asian^a	1,791	0.90	0.88	0.87
Black/African American	96,366	0.87	0.83	0.80
Hispanic/Latino^b	34,749	0.90	0.87	0.85
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	191	0.90	0.85	0.83
White	55,627	0.89	0.86	0.83
Multiple races	1,792	0.92	0.88	0.84
Transmission category
Male adult or adolescent
Male-to-male sexual contact	67,968	0.91	0.88	0.86
Injection drug use	21,834	0.85	0.80	0.76
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	9,551	0.92	0.88	0.84
Heterosexual contact^c	15,632	0.89	0.85	0.82
Other^d	25,549	0.82	0.78	0.75
Subtotal	140,534	0.88	0.85	0.82
Female adult or adolescent
Injection drug use	11,597	0.87	0.81	0.76
Heterosexual contact^c	24,521	0.91	0.87	0.84
Other^d	14,268	0.86	0.81	0.79
Subtotal	50,386	0.89	0.84	0.81
Child (<13 yrs at diagnosis)
Perinatal	462	0.93	0.92	0.92
Other^e	31	0.87	0.84	0.84
Subtotal	493	0.93	0.92	0.91
Region of residence
Northeast	53,076	0.89	0.86	0.83
Midwest	20,313	0.89	0.86	0.84
South	85,701	0.87	0.83	0.79
West	32,323	0.90	0.87	0.85
Year of diagnosis
2000	39,145	0.87	0.83	0.80
2001	38,092	0.88	0.84	0.81
2002	38,128	0.88	0.84	0.81
2003	38,679	0.89	0.86	0.83
2004	37,369	0.89	0.86	0.83
Total^f	191,413	0.88	0.85	0.82

Note. Excludes persons whose month of diagnosis or month of death is unknown.

^a Includes Asian/Pacific Islander legacy cases (see Technical Notes).

^b Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

^c Heterosexual contact with a person known to have, or to be at high risk for, HIV infection.

^d Includes hemophilia, blood transfusion, perinatal exposure, and risk factor not reported or not identified.

^e Includes hemophilia, blood transfusion, and risk factor not reported or not identified.

^f Includes persons of unknown race/ethnicity.

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