HIV & AIDS in South Carolina

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HIV in the United States By Race/Ethnicity (Blacks)

• Most severe burden of HIV, in comparison to other races and ethnicities.

• 14% of the US population, accounted for an estimated 44% of new HIV infections in 2009.

• accounted for 46% of people living with HIV infection in 2008.

• more than 250,000 blacks with AIDS have died, including 8,782 in 2009.

• At some point in their life, approximately 1 in 16 black men will be diagnosed with HIV infection, as will 1 in 32 black women

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/us.htm

SC HIV & AIDS National Ranking #8January -December 2010

http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/sts/docs/SurveillanceReport_2011.pdf

SC HIV & AIDS National Ranking by Metropolitan Area (2010) January -December 2010

http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/sts/docs/SurveillanceReport_2011.pdf

HIV/AIDS summary: South Carolina • By race/ethnicity, among people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in S.C.

– 76 % are African-American; – 18 % are white; – 5 % are Hispanic. – African-Americans have a case rate about ten times greater than

whites in S.C.

• Among women recently diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in S.C.• most are African-American (82 percent);

– 13 % are white; – 4 % are Hispanic. – Of the 192 women reporting risk, – 89 % indicated heterosexual sex as their exposure to HIV; – 9 % were injecting drug users.

http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/stdhiv/sc_hiv_prevention_plan.htm

http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/sts/docs/SurveillanceReport_2011.pdf

SC HIV & AIDS RankingSouth Carolina AIDS Cases and Annual Rates per 100,000 Population, by County

Prevalence Totals, Prevalence Rate, and Deaths*And Incidence Rates, Diagnosed Jan 1, 2010-Dec 31, 2010 and Jan 1, 2011-Dec 31, 2011

by County

Full Report (pg 16) http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/sts/docs/SurveillanceReport_2011.pdf

* Cells with 3 or fewer cases or deaths are set to missing (.).** Case per 100,000 population based on census estimatesPrevalence is the number of people living with AIDs as of December 31st, 2011

County Rank 2011

Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2010 Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2011 Prevalence

Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate

1.Hampton 5 23.7 8 38.4 112 537.4

2.Bamberg . . 6 37.6 111 694.8

3.Orangeburg 41 44.3 33 35.9 520 565.8

4.Richland 141 36.7 131 33.7 3030 778.7

5.Darlington 15 21.8 23 33.7 234 342.6

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