• The DC Department of Health's HIV/AIDS Administration has confirmed that three percent of the adult population of the District of Columbia has been diagnosed with HIV. However, the actual number of people living with HIV in DC is likely to be five-six percent.
• In DC, heterosexual sex is the most common mode of infection, followed by men having sex with men, then injection drug use.
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now estimate that more than one million Americans are living with HIV. Up to one-third of them do not know they are HIV-positive.
• DC has the highest rate of new AIDS cases per 100,000 population in the United States -- a rate that is 12 times the national average.
• In DC, 81 percent of all AIDS cases are among African-Americans.
• More than 15,000 people in the Washington metropolitan area live with AIDS. Tens of thousands more people are estimated to be infected with HIV.
• Nationwide, someone under the age of 25 is infected with HIV every 30 minutes.

HIV/AIDS in Populations at Risk
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Transgender People - HTML and PDF
Women - HTML and PDF
Women of Color - HTML and PDF
Youth - HTML and PDF

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