Key Points
New Cases (2006 data)
Blacks
Hispanics
Women
All HIV/AIDS
49%
18%
26%
Men with HIV/AIDS
43%
20%
Women with HIV/AIDS
65%
15%
New Cases by Mode of Transmission
Men
Male-to-male sexual contact
67%
Women
High-risk heterosexual contact
16%
80%
Injection drug use
12%
19%
Both male-to-male and injection drug use
5%
Receipt of contaminated blood products
< 1%
Perinatal transmission
< 1%
Risk of Transmission (estimates)
Transfusion with contaminated blood or blood products
95 in 100
Perinatal to child in the absence of antiretroviral therapy
1 in 4
Perinatal to child with formula feeding and antiretroviral therapy
Rare
Needle sharing
1 in 150
Occupational needlestick exposure
1 in 300
Male-to-male receptive anal intercourse
1 in 10 to 1 in 1600
Male-to-female during vaginal intercourse
1 in 200 to 1 in 2000
Female-to-male during vaginal intercourse
1 in 700 to 1 in 3000
Screening (Tables 4 & 5)
ÎÎPersistent high-risk behavior has implications for the health of the
patient as well as for the risk of transmission of HIV infection to
others. Therefore, each visit of an HIV-infected person to any health
care provider should include screening for high-risk behavior (A-II)
and symptoms of STDs (A-I).
