HIV/AIDS and Hispanic Americans

How Does HIV/AIDS Affect Hispanic / Latino American Populations?

Hispanic males were four times more likely to have either HIV infection or AIDS compared to non-Hispanic white males in 2022.¹
Hispanic females were 19 times more likely to have AIDS in 2022 compared to non-Hispanic white females.¹
In 2022, Hispanic males were nearly twice as likely as non-Hispanic white males to die of HIV infection.²
In 2022, Hispanic females were nearly three times as likely as non-Hispanic white females to die of HIV infection²

HIV Infection

Diagnoses of HIV Infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	40.8	8.7	4.7
Female	5.5	1.9	2.9
Total	18.6	4.6	4.0

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2022, v.35. Tables 3a and 1a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509

Diagnoses of HIV infection among children age 12 and under, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
0.1	0.0	--

Source: CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2022, v.35. Table 2a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509

Diagnoses of HIV infection, percentage, 2022
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
31.4	24.2	1.3

Source: CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2022, v.35. Table 1a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509

Persons living with diagnosed HIV infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
423.0	156.5	2.7

Source: CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2022, v.35. Table 15a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509

AIDS

Prevalence of AIDS among persons age 13 and older, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	101.3	150.9	0.7
Female	414.2	21.7	19.1
Both Sexes	259.7	85.6	3.0

Source: CDC. National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP) Atlas Plus. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/nchhstpatlas/tables.html

Classifications of persons with Stage 3 (AIDS), by number of cases and percentage, 2022
	Cumulative Cases*	Percent of Total Cases
Total Population	1,350,998	100.00
Hispanic	289,842	21.5
Non-Hispanic White	452,648	33.5

 * Cumulative data are from the beginning of the epidemic through 2022.
Source: CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2022. Slide Set: HIV Infection, Stage 3 (AIDS) 2022. Slide 4. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv-data/media/pdfs/nhss/nhss-surveillance-slideset-stage-3-infection-2022.pdf

Deaths of persons with diagnosed HIV infection, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	10.3	6.0	1.7
Female	2.7	1.0	2.7
Total Population	5.2	3.0	1.7

Source: CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2022, v.35. Tables 12a and 11a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509

Deaths of persons age 13 and older with AIDS, rate per 100,000 population, 2022
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
5.2	2.5	2.1

Source: CDC. NCHHSTP Atlas Plus. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/nchhstpatlas/tables.html

HIV Testing

HIV testing status among persons age 18 and over, age-adjusted percentage, 2018
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Ever tested	45.3	39.9	1.1
Never tested	54.7	60.1	0.9

Source: CDC, 2021. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2018. Table A-20a.

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2022, v.35. Tables 3a and 1a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509 (back)

² CDC, 2024. HIV Surveillance Report: Diagnoses, Deaths, and Prevalence of HIV in the United States and 6 Territories and Freely Associated States, 2022, v.35. Tables 12a and 11a. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156509 (back)