HIV and Women: Knowledge of Status

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Knowledge of status is the estimated percentage of people with HIV who have received an HIV diagnosis.

EHE goal: increase the percentage of people with HIV who have received an HIV diagnosis to 95 percent by 2025.

Women with HIV in the US, 2018*

In 2018, an estimated 1,173,900 people had HIV in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Of those, 261,800 were women.

For every 100 people with HIV, 86 knew their HIV status. For every 100 women with HIV, 90 knew their HIV status.

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* Based on sex assigned at birth.
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Content source: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention