ADOLESCENT HIV INFECTION
Males comprise 43 percent of the 5,580 HIV infection
cases ever reported among adolescents diagnosed at
ages 13-19 and represent 40 percent of the new HIV
infection cases reported among adolescents in 2000.
Over 60 percent of these new cases were transmitted
by men having sex with men. The risk category was
not reported or identified for 32 percent of adolescent
male HIV infection cases reported in 2000. From 1981
through 2000, black adolescent males were 1.7 times
more likely to report HIV infection than white adolescent
males, and 9.3 times more likely than Hispanic adolescent
males.
Fifty-seven percent of adolescent HIV infection cases
ever reported were among females. The proportion of
HIV infection cases that are new in adolescent females
has been increasing in recent years. Of the new cases
in 2000, 38 percent acquired HIV infection through
heterosexual contact and 5 percent were injecting
drug users. The risk category was not reported for
57 percent of new adolescent female cases in 2000.
From 1981 through 2000, black adolescent females were
3.7 times more likely to report HIV infection than
white adolescent females, and 13.5 more likely than
Hispanic adolescent females.
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