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Table 14. Reported cases of AIDS for male 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
Male-to-male sexual contact 9,210 8,271 7,378 7,093 7,143 237,610
Injection drug use 1,630 1,512 1,236 1,214 1,078 30,247
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use 1,115 1,041 853 751 731 27,264
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 101 107 73 81 59 3,926
Heterosexual contact 497 510 422 448 436 6,521
Sex with injection drug user 129 137 119 99 92 2,153
Sex with person with hemophilia 2 2 1 2 1 34
Sex with HIV-infected transfusion recipient 7 4 8 6 4 171
Sex with HIV-infected person, risk not specified 359 367 294 341 339 4,163
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue 62 56 54 46 44 3,232
Other/risk not reported or identifiedb 1,169 1,200 1,301 1,428 1,733 14,215
Total 13,784 12,697 11,317 11,061 11,224 323,015
  Black, not Hispanic
Male-to-male sexual contact 4,873 4,757 4,245 4,442 4,536 88,130
Injection drug use 4,247 3,930 3,233 2,990 2,668 77,577
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use 923 796 677 631 518 17,824
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 25 22 10 13 13 590
Heterosexual contact 1,770 2,004 1,866 1,968 2,039 21,706
Sex with injection drug user 403 395 340 373 306 6,117
Sex with person with hemophilia 0 6 2 4 2 26
Sex with HIV-infected transfusion recipient 8 14 16 9 15 189
Sex with HIV-infected person, risk not specified 1,359 1,589 1,508 1,582 1,716 15,374
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue 54 45 65 39 72 1,177
Other/risk not reported or identifiedb 2,699 3,290 3,005 3,696 4,488 32,884
Total 14,591 14,844 13,101 13,779 14,334 239,888
  Hispanic
Male-to-male sexual contact 2,902 2,747 2,402 2,451 2,567 53,547
Injection drug use 2,227 1,970 1,712 1,473 1,327 42,819
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use 419 340 309 275 226 8,519
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 22 10 10 3 3 441
Heterosexual contact 714 673 596 697 684 8,087
Sex with injection drug user 148 132 111 123 113 2,054
Sex with person with hemophilia 2 1 1 0 0 11
Sex with HIV-infected transfusion recipient 10 1 4 4 8 100
Sex with HIV-infected person, risk not specified 554 539 480 570 563 5,922
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue 19 25 24 17 27 622
Other/risk not reported or identifiedb 1,130 1,194 1,187 1,319 1,545 12,315
Total 7,433 6,959 6,240 6,235 6,379 126,350
  Asian/Pacific Islander
Male-to-male sexual contact 194 177 163 206 212 3,998
Injection drug use 17 13 14 14 17 279
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use 11 8 13 7 10 218
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 3 2 3 1 3 74
Heterosexual contact 23 27 32 35 38 278
Sex with injection drug user 6 6 4 3 3 58
Sex with person with hemophilia 0 1 0 0 0 1
Sex with HIV-infected transfusion recipient 0 0 0 2 0 9
Sex with HIV-infected person, risk not specified 17 20 28 30 35 210
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue 7 4 1 4 4 117
Other/risk not reported or identifiedb 68 72 73 90 102 751
Total 323 303 299 357 386 5,715
  American Indian/Alaska Native
Male-to-male sexual contact 57 66 77 58 73 1,207
Injection drug use 29 23 22 26 29 356
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use 21 17 11 35 23 383
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 2 1 0 0 1 31
Heterosexual contact 3 7 11 9 13 84
Sex with injection drug user 0 0 2 3 5 24
Sex with person with hemophilia 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sex with HIV-infected transfusion recipient 0 1 0 0 0 2
Sex with HIV-infected person, risk not specified 3 6 9 6 8 58
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue 0 1 1 0 0 8
Other/risk not reported or identifiedb 9 20 14 21 16 134
Total 121 135 136 149 155 2,203
Total casesc 36,305 34,957 31,131 31,611 32,513 697,718
a Includes male 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 male adults and adolescents of unknown race or multiple races.
Last Modified: June 14, 2006
Last Reviewed: June 14, 2006
Content Source:
Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
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