Population Health Data

HIV/AIDS and Hispanic Americans

  • Hispanic Americans accounted for almost 30 percent of all HIV infection cases in 2019.
  • Hispanic males are four times as likely to have either HIV infection or AIDS as compared to white males.
  • Hispanic females were four times as likely to have AIDS in 2019 as compared to white females.
  • Hispanic men are twice as likely as non-Hispanic white men to die of HIV infection.
  • Hispanic women are three times as likely as non-Hispanic white women to die of HIV infection.

HIV Infection Cases and Rates (Adults)

# Cases
Rate
Hispanic /
White Ratio
Hispanic males8,86437.54.2
White males7,4988.9
Hispanic females1,2485.33.1
White females1,5081.7
Hispanic (total, all ages)10,12016.73.6
White (total, all ages)9,0134.6
Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of HIV infection, 2019

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019, v.32. Tables 1a and 3a.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2018-updated-vol-32.pdf [PDF | 19.7MB]

HIV Infection Cases and Rates (Children

# Cases
Rate
Hispanic80.1
White70.0
Total Population610.1
Estimated number of diagnosed cases and rates (per 100,000) of HIV infection, 2019

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019, v.32. Table 2a.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2018-updated-vol-32.pdf [PDF | 16.7MB]

HIV Infection Cases (Adults and Children)

# Cases
% of Total Cases
Hispanic10,12027.8
White9,01324.7
Total Population36,398
Estimated number of cases of HIV infection by year of diagnosis, 2019

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019, v.32. Table 1a.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2018-updated-vol-32.pdf [PDF | 19.7B]

Rate
# Cases
% of Total Cases
Hispanic411.3249,11423.8
White153.9303,70129.0
Total Population318.41,044,977
Estimated number of persons living with HIV infection and rates (per 100,000) by year, 2019

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019, v.32. Table 16a.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2018-updated-vol-32.pdf [PDF | 19.7MB]

AIDS Cases and Rates (Adults)

# Cases
Rate
Hispanic /
White Ratio
Hispanic males3,47914.73.9
White males3,1903.8
Hispanic females7243.13.9
White females6850.8
Hispanic (both sexes)4,2038.93.9
White (both sexes)3,8752.3
Estimated number of cases and rates (per 100,000) of AIDS, 2019

Source: CDC 2021. NCHHSTP Atlas Plus.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/atlas/index.htm [Accessed 06/16/2021]

Cumulative # Cases*
% of Total Cases
Hispanic279,79921.4
White444,61334.0
Total Population1,307,283
Estimated number of cases of AIDS by year of diagnosis, 2019

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019. Slide Set: HIV Infection, Stage 3 (AIDS) 2019. Slide 43.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/slidesets/cdc-hiv-infection-stage-3-2019.pdf [PDF | 6.6MB]

Death Rate

Hispanic
Non-Hispanic White
Hispanic /
Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All ages, Men9.15.01.8
All ages, Women2.40.83.0
Total Population4.52.51.8
HIV infection death rates per 100,000 population. 2019

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019, v.32. Table 12a.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2018-updated-vol-32.pdf[PDF | 19.7MB ]

AIDS Deaths

# Deaths 2019
Rate 2019
Cumulative # Deaths*
% of Total Cases
Hispanic2,1804.6141,53239.9
White3,6372.1293,44438.3
Total Population11,8994.3766,380
Estimated number of deaths, and death rates, of persons with AIDS by year of death, 2019

Source: CDC 2021. NCHHSTP Atlas Plus
https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/atlas/index.htm [Accessed 06/16/2021]

Source: CDC 2021. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2019. Slide Set: HIV Infection, Stage 3 (AIDS) 2019. Slide 43.
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/slidesets/cdc-hiv-infection-stage-3-2019.pdf [PDF | 6.6MB]

HIV Testing

Hispanic
Non-Hispanic White
Hispanic /
Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested45.339.91.0
Never tested54.760.10.9
Age-adjusted percent of HIV testing status among persons 18 years of age and over, 2018

Source: CDC 2021. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2018. Table A-20a.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/SHS/tables.htm

* Cumulative data are from the beginning of the epidemic through 2019.


Last Edited: 07/08/2021