This statistic depicts the percentage of Americans who reported personally knowing someone with HIV/AIDS from 1983 to 2012. In 1983, only two percent of responding Americans stated that they personally knew anyone who had AIDS, had died from AIDS, or had tested
positive for HIV.
Percentage of Americans who personally know someone with HIV/AIDS from 1983 to 2012*
* Percent who say they personally know anyone who now has AIDS, has died from AIDS, or has tested
positive for HIV.
Sources: ABC News/Washington Post (1983); Gallup (1985-1991); Kaiser Family Foundation surveys (1995-2012)
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Kaiser Family Foundation, & Washington Post. (July 31, 2012). Percentage of Americans who personally know someone with HIV/AIDS from 1983 to 2012* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/257849/us-americans-who-know-personally-someone-with-hiv-aids/
Kaiser Family Foundation, und Washington Post. "Percentage of Americans who personally know someone with HIV/AIDS from 1983 to 2012*." Chart. July 31, 2012. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257849/us-americans-who-know-personally-someone-with-hiv-aids/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington Post. (2012). Percentage of Americans who personally know someone with HIV/AIDS from 1983 to 2012*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257849/us-americans-who-know-personally-someone-with-hiv-aids/
Kaiser Family Foundation, and Washington Post. "Percentage of Americans Who Personally Know Someone with Hiv/Aids from 1983 to 2012*." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/257849/us-americans-who-know-personally-someone-with-hiv-aids/
Kaiser Family Foundation & Washington Post, Percentage of Americans who personally know someone with HIV/AIDS from 1983 to 2012* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/257849/us-americans-who-know-personally-someone-with-hiv-aids/ (last visited October 31, 2024)
Percentage of Americans who personally know someone with HIV/AIDS from 1983 to 2012* [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, & Washington Post, July 31, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/257849/us-americans-who-know-personally-someone-with-hiv-aids/