Women and HIV

In the United States• Women account for more than one in four new HIV/AIDS diagnoses and deaths caused by AIDS.• The proportion of AIDS diagnoses reported among women has more than tripled since 1985.• 71% of women diagnosed with AIDS in 2005 contracted the disease through heterosexual sex.• African Americans constituted 66% of women diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2005.• In 2005, teen girls represented 43% of AIDS cases reported among people aged 13 to 19.• African Americans and Hispanics represent 24% of all women in the U.S. but they account for 82% of AIDS cases among women.• African-American women are 23 times more likely to have AIDS than white women.• AIDS is the leading cause of death for African-American women aged 25 to 34.