Estimated Numbers of AIDS Cases Ever Reported in Children Under Age 13, by Race/Ethnicity: Through 2005*

  • Non-Hispanic White: 1,613
  • Non-Hispanic Black: 5,631
  • Hispanic: 1,738
  • Asian/Pacific Islander: 54
  • American Indian/Alaska Native: 32

*Includes children with a diagnosis of AIDS, from the beginning of the epidemic through 2005, but does not include 33 children of unknown or multiple races.↑

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2005. Vol. 17. Rev ed. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2007:[Tables 1, 3, 4, 7, 8 and Figure 1]. Also available at: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/, accessed 8/27/06.

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