2.96 –5,155

lornajarrettblanchard January 1, 2020

–5,155 CDC WONDER on-line Database, ICD 10, B20-B24, Human Immunodeficiency virus.
US death rate 1.55 per 100,000 pop. (Also known as HIV/AIDS.)

Death Rate (where noted) Death Rate

Alabama 86 1.75 [Yellow highlighting indicates above US average death rate.]
Arizona 73 0.98 [Non-listed States indicate deaths less than 10, if any.]
Arkansas 41 1.35
California 617 1.57
Colorado 45 0.77
Connecticut 44 1.24
Delaware 20 2.03
District of Co. 67 9.40
Florida 674 3.10
Georgia 327 3.05
Illinois 144 1.14
Indiana 79 1.17
Iowa 14 Unreliable (Meaning “a numerator of 20 or less.”)
Kansas 22 0.76
Kentucky 57 1.27
Louisiana 129 2.78
Maryland 179 2.96
Massachusetts 51 0.74
Michigan 76 0.76
Minnesota 25 0.44
Mississippi 99 3.34
Missouri 62 1.01
Nebraska 11 Unreliable
Nevada 64 2.04
New Jersey 141 1.60
New Mexico 23 1.09
New York 418 2.16
No. Carolina 183 1.73
Ohio 99 0.85
Oklahoma 71 1.78
Oregon 47 1.11
Pennsylvania 129 1.01
Rhode Island 10 Unreliable
So. Carolina 122 2.34
Tennessee 126 1.83
Texas 503 1.71
Utah 12 Unreliable
Virginia 107 1.25 West Virginia 10 Unreliable
Washington 41 0.53 Wisconsin 30 0.51

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 1999-2020 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2021. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2020, 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.html on Oct 17, 2022 8:29:08 PM