ADOLESCENT AIDS
Males comprise 58 percent of the 4,061 AIDS cases
ever reported among adolescents aged 13-19 years old
and represent 46 percent of the new AIDS cases reported
among adolescents in 2000. About one third of these
new cases were transmitted by men having sex with
men. The risk category was not reported or identified
for 45 percent of adolescent male AIDS cases reported
in 2000.
Forty-two percent of adolescent AIDS cases ever reported
were among females. The proportion of AIDS cases that
are new in adolescent females has been increasing
in recent years. However, 54 percent of new AIDS cases
reported in 2000 were among adolescent females, down
from 58 percent in 1999. Of these, 40 percent acquired
HIV infection through heterosexual contact, nearly
8 percent had sex partners who were injecting drug
users, and 7 percent were injecting drug users themselves.
The risk category was not reported for 51 percent
of new adolescent female cases in 2000.
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Notes:
1 On January 1, 1993, the AIDS case
definition for adults and adolescents aged 13
years and older was expanded to include HIV-
infected persons with CD4 counts of less than
or equal to 200 cells/uL or a CD4 percentage
of less than or equal to 14, and persons diagnosed
with pulmonary tuberculosis, recurrent pneumonia,
and invasive cervical cancer.
2 Receipt of Blood/Blood components:
- Received clotting factor for hemophilia coagulation
disorder
- Received blood transfusions, blood components,
or tissue
3 Heterosexual contact includes sex
with: an injecting drug user; a person with
hemophilia; a transfusion recipient infected
with HIV; an HIV infected person, risk not specific;
a bisexual male (females only).
4 The category "Men who have
sex with men" includes men who have sex
with men and inject drugs.
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