1. The estimated number of persons living with AIDS in the United States and dependent areas increased from 169,246 at the end of 1993 to 448,871 at the end of Increases in the number of persons living with AIDS occurred in all racial/ethnic groups.
From 1993 through 2006, the number of blacks (not Hispanic) living with AIDS increased from 58,914 to 192,278. At the end of 1997, the number of blacks living with AIDS exceeded the number of whites (not Hispanic) living with AIDS.
From 1993 through 2006, the number of whites living with AIDS increased from 76,589 to 154,767. The number of Hispanic persons living with AIDS increased from 30,398 to 91,970.
(On slide 6, Asians/Pacific Islanders and American Indians/Alaska Natives are shown on a different scale.)
The data have been adjusted for reporting delays.