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National Drug Control Strategy
Update 2003

February 2003

Table 27. Estimated Number of Persons Living with AIDS1 by Sex and Exposure Category,1993–2001

 
Exposure Category
 
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Injecting drug use (IDU)
MSM and IDU
Hemo- philia/co- agulation disorder
Hetero- sexual contact
Receipt of blood trans- fusion2
Risk not reported or identified
Total
Percent drug- related3
Male adult/adolescent
1993
86,074
34,157
14,038
1,607
6,141
865
964
143,846
33.5%
1994
94,249
39,646
15,128
1,687
7,952
883
912
160,457
34.1%
1995
100,131
43,635
16,007
1,710
9,812
922
900
173,117
34.5%
1996
109,335
47,754
16,885
1,718
12,247
987
928
189,854
34.0%
1997
120,951
52,599
18,227
1,771
15,021
1,070
968
210,607
33.6%
1998
131,184
56,450
19,265
1,803
17,725
1,176
1,015
228,618
33.1%
1999
141,080
60,075
20,107
1,830
20,500
1,281
1,061
245,934
32.6%
2000
151,212
63,756
20,756
23,412
4,348
263,484
32.1%
2001
162,151
67,336
21,520
26,660
4,453
282,250
31.5%
Female adult/adolescent
1993
N/A
13,843
N/A
91
11,837
732
365
26,868
51.5%
1994
N/A
16,244
N/A
109
15,172
812
366
32,703
49.7%
1995
N/A
18,311
N/A
133
18,498
843
367
38,152
48.0%
1996
N/A
20,279
N/A
160
22,596
923
400
44,358
45.7%
1997
N/A
22,557
N/A
196
27,016
1,010
445
51,224
44.0%
1998
N/A
24,307
N/A
224
31,225
1,107
483
57,346
42.4%
1999
N/A
25,737
N/A
243
35,366
1,206
520
63,072
40.8%
2000
N/A
27,395
N/A
40,111
2,183
69,689
39.3%
2001
N/A
29,145
N/A
45,128
2,423
76,696
38.0%

—Data not available.
N/A Not applicable.
1Excludes pediatric (<13 years old)aids cases.these numbers do not represent actual cases of persons living with aids.rather,they are point estimates of persons living with aids derived by subtracting the estimated cumulative number of deaths in persons with aids from the estimated cumulative number of persons with aids.estimated aids cases are adjusted for reporting delays and for redistribution of cases initially reported with no identified risk but not for incomplete reporting.annual estimates are through the most recent year for which reliable estimates are available.
2Includes receipt of blood components or tissue.
3Proportion includes injection drug users and MSM who are injection drug users.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: U.S. HIV and AIDS cases reported through December 2001, 13 (2), Table 30.


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