The states with the highest rates of HIV diagnoses in 2021 included Georgia, Louisiana, and Florida. However, the states with the highest number of people with HIV were California, Texas, and Florida. In California, there were around 4,399 people diagnosed with HIV.
HIV/AIDS diagnoses
The number of diagnoses of HIV/AIDS in the United States has continued to decrease in recent years. In 2021, there were an estimated 35,769 HIV diagnoses in the U.S. down from 38,433 diagnoses in the year 2017. In total, since the beginning of the epidemic in 1981 there have been around 1.25 million diagnoses in the United States.
Deaths from HIV
Similarly, the death rate from HIV has also decreased significantly over the past few decades. In 2019, there were only 1.4 deaths from HIV per 100,000 population, the lowest rate since the epidemic began. However, the death rate varies greatly depending on race or ethnicity, with the death rate from HIV for African Americans reaching 19.1 per 100,000 population in 2020.
Rates of HIV diagnoses in the United States in 2021, by state
(per 100,000 population)
"Data on diagnoses of HIV infection should be interpreted with caution. Data may not be representative of all persons with HIV because not all infected persons have been tested. Also, many states offer anonymous testing; the results of anonymous tests are not reported to the confidential name-based HIV registries of state and local health departments. The data presented in the AtlasPlus provide minimum number of persons for whom HIV infection has been diagnosed and reported to the National HIV Surveillance System. In addition, because surveillance practices differ, the reporting and the updating of a person’s clinical and vital status differ among states. The completeness of reporting of HIV diagnoses is estimated at more than 85%. HIV diagnoses refer to the number of HIV infections confirmed by laboratory or clinical evidence in 2021. Diagnoses of HIV infection are the numbers of persons aged ≥13 years with HIV diagnosed during the specified years. Diagnoses data are considered preliminary until 12-months after the diagnosis year to account for delays in reporting of case information and laboratory results."
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