How many people in the US are estimated to be HIV+?

Question

I live in Delaware and apparently, we have one of the highest rates of infection in the country. However, I've never actually known anyone who had it. Does anyone have any of the official estimates of how many people are HIV+ or have AIDS here in the States?

Answer 1

The CDC says, "At the end of 2003, an estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 persons in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS, with 24-27% undiagnosed and unaware of their HIV infection."

Their citation: Glynn M, Rhodes P. Estimated HIV prevalence in the United States at the end of 2003. National HIV Prevention Conference; June 2005; Atlanta. Abstract 595.

And they even break it down by Top 10 states by incidence and prevalence of AIDS: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm#area

In most places, HIV is not a reportable condition, so we do not have firm epidemiological data on that. However, AIDS is reportable in all health jurisdictions, which is why we have more stats on it.

Answer 2

2006 Data

Region Adults & children
living with HIV/AIDS
Sub-Saharan Africa 24.7 million
North Africa & Middle East 460,000
South and South-East Asia 7.8 million
East Asia 750,000
Oceania 81,000
Latin America 1.7 million
Caribbean 250,000
Eastern Europe & Central Asia 1.7 million
Western & Central Europe 740,000
North America 1.4 million
Global Total 39.5 million