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Estimates of CDC-Funded and National HIV Diagnoses: A Comparison by Demographic and HIV-related Factors
Document Type
Original Paper
Source
AIDS and Behavior. December 2016 20(12):2961-2965
Subject
Human immunodeficiency virus
CDC-funded
HIV testing
HIV diagnoses
Language
English
ISSN
1090-7165
1573-3254
Abstract
To determine whether CDC-funded HIV testing programs are reaching persons disproportionately affected by HIV infection. The percentage distribution for HIV testing and diagnoses by demographics and transmission risk group (diagnoses only) were calculated using 2013 data from CDC’s National HIV Surveillance System and CDC’s national HIV testing program data. In 2013, nearly 3.2 million CDC-funded tests were provided to persons aged 13 years and older. Among persons who received a CDC-funded test, 41.1 % were aged 20–29 years; 49.2 % were male, 46.2 % were black/African American, and 56.2 % of the tests were conducted in the South. Compared with the characteristics of all persons diagnosed with HIV in the United States in 2013, among persons diagnosed as a result of CDC-funded tests, a higher percentage were aged 20–29 years (40.3 vs 33.7 %) and black/African American (55.3 vs 46.0 %). CDC-funded HIV testing programs are reaching young people and blacks/African Americans.