This statistic presents the percentage of people in the U.S. who injected drugs and who were HIV positive as of 2018, by gender. As of that year, around seven percent of people who injected drugs were HIV positive.
Percentage of people in the U.S. who injected drugs and who were HIV-positive as of 2018, by gender
People who inject drugs in 23 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)
Supplementary notes
Figures include data from 23 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). These areas included Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago,
Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan; Houston, Texas;
Los Angeles, California; Memphis, Tennessee; Miami, Florida; Nassau-Suffolk,
New York; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York, New York; Newark, New Jersey;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; San Diego, California; San
Francisco, California; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Seattle, Washington; Virginia
Beach, Virginia; Washington, District of Columbia.
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Percentage of people in the U.S. who injected drugs and who were HIV-positive as of 2018, by gender [Graph], CDC, & MMWR, October 22, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/805395/hiv-among-people-who-inject-drugs-us-by-gender/
