HIV Infections are Decreasing in the United States

Around 1 million people in the United States live with HIV, according to the most recent numbers presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS cases had increased rapidly in the 1980s and peaked in 1992 when an estimated 78,000 cases were diagnosed. Until recently, numbers had stabilized at around approximately 40,000 cases per year. As this infographic shows though, the trend is one of sizeable decrease.

Since 1988, once a year the World Aids Day takes place on December 1, allowing people everywhere to show their support for those living with HIV, remembering those who have died as well as promoting precautionary measures in the fight against HIV.

1 in 7 of those infected with HIV does not know about it. Nonetheless, there is hope that more and more people will get tested and seek treatment thanks to ongoing awareness campaigns.