2.70 –4,977

lornajarrettblanchard January 1, 2021

–4,077 CDC WONDER on-line Database, ICD 10, B20-B24, Human Immunodeficiency virus.
US death rate 1.50 per 100,000 pop. (Also known as HIV/AIDS.)

Death Rate (where noted) Death Rate

Alabama 93 1.85 [Yellow highlighting indicates above US average death rate.]
Arizona 94 1.39 [Non-listed States indicate deaths less than 10, if any.]
Arkansas 53 1.75
California 569 1.45
Colorado 44 0.77
Connecticut 40 1.11
Delaware 22 2.19
District of Co. 50 7.46
Florida 629 2.89
Georgia 289 2.76
Hawaii 11 Unreliable (Meaning “a numerator of 20 or less.”)
Illinois 131 1.03
Indiana 55 0.81
Iowa 10 Unreliable
Kansas 19 Unreliable
Kentucky 46 0.80
Louisiana 125 2.70
Maryland 160 2.60
Massachusetts 46 0.66
Michigan 81 0.81
Minnesota 29 0.51
Mississippi 80 2.71
Missouri 63 1.02
Nebraska 13 Unreliable
Nevada 58 1.84
New Jersey 159 1.72
New Mexico 20 0.95
New York 397 2.00
No. Carolina 183 1.73
Ohio 112 0.95
Oklahoma 67 1.68
Oregon 41 0.97
Pennsylvania 108 0.83
So. Carolina 126 2.43
Tennessee 125 1.79
Texas 537 1.82
Utah 12 Unreliable
Virginia 128 1.48 West Virginia 17 Unreliable
Washington 64 0.83 Wisconsin 25 0.42

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, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2021 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2021. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2021, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10-expanded.html on Mar 6, 2023 2:38:27 PM