Taken together, Black men and women are 14 times more likely to have non-homosexual AIDS than Whites, Hispanics 6.7 times more likely.
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(NH = non-homosexual)
Race |
Total AIDS Cases |
% NH |
NH Cases |
% of NH Total |
Rate per % of population |
Rate as compared to White men (1) | Overall rate compared to Whites |
Black men |
17250 |
60 |
10350 |
33 |
5.5 | 12.9 | 13.9 |
Black women |
6750 |
100 |
6750 |
22 |
3.7 | 8.6 | |
Hispanic men |
8660 |
55 |
4763 |
15 |
3.0 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
Hispanic women |
2210 |
100 |
2210 |
7 |
1.4 | 3.3 | |
White men |
18790 |
25 |
4697 |
15 |
0.428 | 1 | 1 |
White women |
2390 |
100 |
2390 |
8 |
0.229 | 0.535 |
Non-homosexual cases include all modes of transmission other than homosexual sex: hetrosexual sex, I.V. drug use, etc.
Key Facts:
 | Non-whites are 77% of NH (non-homosexual) AIDS cases |
| Black men are 6% of the population and 33% of NH Aids cases |
| Hispanic men are 5% of the population and 15% of NH AIDS cases |
| White men are 35% of the population and 15% of NH Aids cases |
| Hetrosexual Black men are 13 times and hetrosexual Hispanic men are 7 times more likely than hetrosexual White men to be infected with AIDS. |
| White women have lowest non-homosexual AIDS rate. |
A Closer Look at Trends by Race and Gender
http://www.cdcnpin.org/geneva98/trends/trends_6.htm