Asians

Quick Facts

Asians represented:
– 4.4% of the U.S. population in 2007
– 2% of new HIV infections in 2007

 

 

 

 

HIV/AIDS

In 2007, the rate for newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases among Asians in the United States was 7.7 per 100,000 population. Transmission for Asian/Pacific Islander men is mostly due to male-to-male sexual contact, while for women it is largely due to high-risk heterosexual contact.  The rate of AIDS cases was 3.6 per 100,000 in the Asian population.  The AIDS mortality rate is less than 1% for Asians.

More Information:

- HIV/AIDS Topic Site
- HIV/AIDS Statistics and Surveillance
- HIV/AIDS and Asians/Pacific Islanders

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)

Gonorrhea

In 2010, the gonorrhea rate among Asians/Pacific Islanders was 15.5 cases per 100,000 population, which was lower than the rate among whites. This difference is larger for Asian/Pacific Islander women than for Asian/Pacific Islander men. In 2010, rates among Asians/Pacific Islanders were again lower than rates among whites in all four regions of the United States.

Chlamydia

In 2010, the chlamydia rate among Asians/Pacific Islanders was 115.3 cases per 100,000 population, an increase of 5.1% from the 2009 rate of 109.7 cases per 100,000. The overall rate among Asians/Pacific Islanders was lower than the rate among whites.

Syphilis

During 2009–2010, the rate of primary and secondary (P&S) syphilis among Asians/Pacific Islanders decreased 13.3% (from 1.5 to 1.3 cases per 100,000 population). In 2010, 1.5% of all cases reported to CDC were among Asians/Pacific Islanders. The 2010 rate of P&S syphilis for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 0.6 times the rate for whites.

More Information:

- STD Topic Site
- STDs and Health Disparities
- STD Surveillance Report, 2010

Viral Hepatitis

The downward trend in the hepatitis B incidence rate among Asian/Pacific Islanders continues from 2004, and, in 2007, the rate for this population was 0.9 cases per 100,000 population.

In 2007, the hepatitis C incidence rate was similar across racial/ethnic populations, with 0.02 cases per 100,000 population among Asian and Pacific Islanders.

More Information:

- Viral Hepatitis Topic Site  
- Surveillance Report for Acute Viral Hepatitis-United States, 2007

Tuberculosis (TB)

Overall, 11,182 TB cases were reported to CDC from the 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2010. In 2010, Asians accounted for 28% of the total number of reported TB cases in the United States. Asians born outside the United States represented 44% of the TB cases among foreign-born persons in 2010.

More information:

- Tuberculosis Topic Site
- Tuberculosis Surveillance Report, 2010