Number of Young Men with HIV and AIDS in U.S. through June 1999
| 13–19 years old | 20–24 years old | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998–June 1999 | Total | July 1998–June 1999 | Total | |||||
| Male Exposure | HIV | AIDS | HIV | AIDS | HIV | AIDS | HIV | AIDS |
Men who have sex with
men | 153 | 46 | 972 | 731 | 604 | 473 | 5,712 | 11,335 |
Injecting drug use | 10 | 4 | 107 | 133 | 48 | 87 | 582 | 2,245 |
Men who have sex with men and inject drugs | 2 | 1 | 93 | 106 | 52 | 44 | 686 | 1,905 |
Hemophilia/ Coagulation disorder | 3 | 13 | 102 | 747 | 3 | 24 | 81 | 634 |
Heterosexual contact | 21 | 5 | 143 | 81 | 78 | 77 | 652 | 834 |
Receipt of blood
transfusion, blood components, or tissue | 1 | 5 | 9 | 87 | — | 2 | 28 | 105 |
Risk not reported or identified2 | 113 | 44 | 567 | 249 | 405 | 188 | 2,551 | 1,208 |
Male subtotal | 303 | 118 | 1,993 | 2,134 | 1,190 | 895 | 10,292 | 18,266 |
1. Includes only persons reported with HIV infection who
have not developed AIDS and who live in areas with confidential HIV infection
reporting.
2. For HIV infection cases, “risk not reported or identified” refers
primarily to persons whose mode of exposure was not reported and who have not
been followed up to determine their mode of exposure, and to a smaller number of
persons who are not reported with one of the exposures listed above after
follow-up.
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports. From Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1999.
