Mode of Infection & Gender Distribution of AIDS

Healthy People Year 2010 Objective:
13-1: Reduce AIDS among adolescents and adults.
Baseline: 19.5 cases of AIDS per 100,000 persons aged 13 years and older in 1998. Data are estimated; adjusted for delays in reporting.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: HIV/AIDS Surveillance System, CDC, NCHSTP.

Adult and Adolescent Cases (n=2,493) (as of 1/7/05)

Mode of Infection	Males	Females	Total
Gay/bisexual	1445	0	1445
Heterosexual IDU	369	196	565
Gay/bisexual IDU	125	0	125
Hemophilia	18	0	18
Heterosexual contact	32	164	196
Transfusion	28	18	46
Risk under investigation	74	24	98
Total	2091	402	2493

Pediatric Cases (n=13) (as of 1/7/05)

Mode of infection	Male	Female	Total
Maternal transmission	5	5	10
Transfusion	3	0	3
Total	8	5	13

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