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HIV and Women

March 8, 2021

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HIV and Women

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Though HIV diagnosesa among womenb have declined in recent years, more than 7,000 women received an HIV diagnosis in the United States (US) and dependent areas c in 2018.

The Numbers

 HIV Diagnoses

Of the 37,832 new HIV diagnoses in the US and dependent areas in 2018, 19 percent were among women.

New HIV Diagnoses Among Women by Transmission Category in the US and Dependent Areas, 2018

Most of the new HIV diagnoses among women were attributed to heterosexual contact.
New HIV diagnoses among women by transmission category in the United States and dependent areas in 2018. Among women, 85 percent of diagnoses were attributed to heterosexual contact, 15 percent were attributed to injection drug use, and 1 percent was attributed to another mode of transmission.

*Includes hemophilia, blood transfusion, perinatal exposure, and risk factors not reported or not identified.
Total may not equal 100% due to rounding.
Source: CDC. Diagnoses of HIV infection in the United States and dependent areas, 2018 (Preliminary) pdf icon[PDF – 10 MB]. HIV Surveillance Report 2019;30.

New HIV Diagnoses Among Women by Race/Ethnicity in the US and Dependent Areas, 2018.
New HIV diagnoses among women by race and ethnicity in the United States and dependent areas in 2018. Black/African American = 57 percent; White = 21 percent; Hispanic/Latina = 18 percent; Multiple races = 2 percent; Asian = 1 percent; American Indian/Alaska Native = less than 1 percent; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander = less than 1 percent.

* Black refers to people having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. African American is a term often used for Americans of African descent with ancestry in North America.
† Hispanics/Latinas can be of any race.
Source: CDC. Diagnoses of HIV infection in the United States and dependent areas, 2018 (Preliminary) pdf icon[PDF – 10 MB]. HIV Surveillance Report 2019;30.

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