14.9 –22,082

lornajarrettblanchard January 1, 1989

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

–22,082 Death rate per 100,000, 8.93 CDC. CDC WONDER on-line Database, ICD 9, 042-044

Alabama 150 3.72 death rate Montana 16 2.00 death rate
Alaska no report (thus under 10) Nebraska 29 1.84
Arizona 195 5.37 Nevada 86 7.55
Arkansas 64 2.72 New Hampshire 20 1.81
California 4,369 14.91 (above avg.) New Jersey 1,514 19.56 (above average)
Colorado 223 6.81 New Mexico 66 4.38
Connecticut 248 7.54 New York 4,624 25.66 (above average)
Delaware 38 5.76
District of Co. 350 55.72 (above avg.) North Carolina 350 5.32
Florida 2,035 16.07 (above avg.) North Dakota no report
Georgia 667 10.39 (above avg.) Ohio 390 3.60
Hawaii 67 6.11 Oklahoma 109 3.46
Idaho no report Oregon 119 4.26
Illinois 716 6.27 Pennsylvania 655 5.52
Indiana 156 2.82 Rhode Island 53 5.29
Iowa 44 1.59 South Carolina 179 5.17
Kansas 76 3.07 South Dakota no report (thus under 10)
Kentucky 83 2.26 Tennessee 141 2.90
Louisiana 336 7.90 Texas 1,486 8.83
Maine 32 2.62 Utah 42 2.46
Maryland 410 8.66 Vermont no report
Massachusetts 408 6.77 Virginia 308 5.03
Michigan 331 3.57 Washington 278 5.85
Minnesota 101 2.33 West Virginia 30 1.66
Mississippi 96 3.72 Wisconsin 97 2.00
Missouri 2.56 5.02 Wyoming no report

Narrative Information

CDC: “HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It is the virus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS if not treated. Unlike some other viruses, the human body can’t get rid of HIV completely, even with treatment. So once you get HIV, you have it for life. HIV attacks the body’s immune system, specifically the CD4 cells (T cells), which help the immune system fight off infections. Untreated, HIV reduces the number of CD4 cells (T cells) in the body, making the person more likely to get other infections or infection-related cancers. Over time, HIV can destroy so many of these cells that the body can’t fight off infections and disease. These opportunistic infections or cancers take advantage of a very weak immune system and signal that the person has AIDS, the last stage of HIV infection.

“No effective cure currently exists, but with proper medical care, HIV can be controlled. The medicine used to treat HIV is called antiretroviral therapy or ART. If people with HIV take ART as prescribed, their viral load (amount of HIV in their blood) can become undetectable. If it stays undetectable, they can live long, healthy lives and have effectively no risk of transmitting HIV to an HIV-negative partner through sex. Before the introduction of ART in the mid-1990s, people with HIV could progress to AIDS in just a few years. Today, someone diagnosed with HIV and treated before the disease is far advanced can live nearly as long as someone who does not have HIV.” (CDC. About HIC/AIDS. 12-2-2019.)

Sources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About HIC/AIDS. 12-2-2019. Accessed 3-31-2020 at: https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/whatishiv.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC WONDER on-line Database, Compressed Mortality File 1979-1998. ICD-9 Code 042-044 (Human immunodeficiency virus infection) 1989. Accessed 4-2-2020 at: http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd9.html