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HIV/AIDS Prevention Education

Current Statistics

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) monitors HIV infection and AIDS incidence in coordination with state and local health departments to provide data for research, evaluation, and prevention programs. As of December 2001, the cumulative number of AIDS cases reported to CDC is 816,149. The cases break down as follows: 311,377 cases were among Whites, not Hispanic; 313,180 among Blacks, not Hispanic; 149,752 among Hispanics; 6,157 among Asians and Pacific Islanders; and 2,537 among American Indians/Alaska Native.* CDC also monitors HIV-related risk behaviors as well as HIV-related morbidity and mortality. The following are links to a number of Web sites maintained by CDC designed to provide the latest surveillance information.

*"Cumultive Cases by Race/ Ehtnicity," http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats.htm.

Basic Statistics from CDC’s National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention: Division of HIV/ AIDS Prevention (NCHSTP-DHAP)
This Web page was developed by NCHSTP-DHAP to provide access to basic statistics about the AIDS epidemic. The Web page allows visitors to enter their e-mail address to receive information when it is released.

FASTATS from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
This brief fact sheet was created by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to provide simple, up-to-date information about HIV/AIDS including cases annually, age-adjusted death rate, and hospital usage. This fact sheet also provides links to comprehensive data on HIV/AIDS collected between 1985 and 1998.

HIV Surveillance Reports
The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report is published semi-annually by CDC’s National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. The report provides data about HIV/AIDS in the United States by state, geographical area, sex, race/ethnicity, age, and mode of exposure.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
The MMWR Series is prepared weekly by CDC on current health issues affecting states. The information in the report is provisional and is based on reports to CDC by state health departments. Articles frequently focus on vital statistics regarding HIV/AIDS.

Additional Statistics

The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base
This Web site, which provides HIV/AIDS surveillance data from around the world, is maintained by the Health Studies Branch, International Programs Center (IPC), Population Division of the U.S. Bureau of the Census. It is a compilation of information from studies in the medical and scientific literature, from international conferences, and the press. Information about population groups in a selected country can be displayed, printed as a table, or saved to a data file. The database is updated twice a year.

HIV InSite: Searchable Database of CDC Surveillance Statistics
HIV InSite has created a searchable database of information from CDC that contains AIDS case counts classified by state and metropolitan area. The current version includes data through December 1997. This Web site is a project of the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) Positive Health Program and the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies.

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