A brief overview of HIV & AIDS in South Carolina

1. HIV & AIDS in South Carolina
Know your Status!

2. HIV in the United States
By Race/Ethnicity (Blacks)
• Most severe burden of HIV, in comparison to other races and
ethnicities.
• 14% of the US population, accounted for an estimated 44% of
new HIV infections in 2009.
• accounted for 46% of people living with HIV infection in 2008.
• more than 250,000 blacks with AIDS have died, including
8,782 in 2009.
• At some point in their life, approximately 1 in 16 black men
will be diagnosed with HIV infection, as will 1 in 32 black
women
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/us.htm

3. SC HIV & AIDS National Ranking #8
January -December 2010
http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/sts/docs/Surveillanc
eReport_2011.pdf

4. SC HIV & AIDS National Ranking by Metropolitan
Area (2010) January -December 2010
http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/sts/docs/SurveillanceReport_2
011.pdf

5. HIV/AIDS summary: South Carolina
• By race/ethnicity, among people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in S.C.
– 76 % are African-American;
– 18 % are white;
– 5 % are Hispanic.
– African-Americans have a case rate about ten times greater than
whites in S.C.
• Among women recently diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in S.C.
• most are African-American (82 percent);
– 13 % are white;
– 4 % are Hispanic.
– Of the 192 women reporting risk,
– 89 % indicated heterosexual sex as their exposure to HIV;
– 9 % were injecting drug users.
http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/stdhiv/sc_hiv_prevention_plan.htm

6. http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/sts/do
cs/SurveillanceReport_2011.pdf

7. SC HIV & AIDS Ranking
South Carolina AIDS Cases and Annual Rates per 100,000 Population, by County
Prevalence Totals, Prevalence Rate, and Deaths*
And Incidence Rates, Diagnosed Jan 1, 2010-Dec 31, 2010 and Jan 1, 2011-Dec 31, 2011
by County
County Rank Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2010 Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2011 Prevalence
2011
Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate
1.Hampton 5 23.7 8 38.4 112 537.4
2.Bamberg . . 6 37.6 111 694.8
3.Orangeburg 41 44.3 33 35.9 520 565.8
4.Richland 141 36.7 131 33.7 3030 778.7
5.Darlington 15 21.8 23 33.7 234 342.6
* Cells with 3 or fewer cases or deaths are set to missing (.).
** Case per 100,000 population based on census estimates
Prevalence is the number of people living with AIDs as of December 31st, 2011
Full Report (pg 16)
http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/sts/docs/SurveillanceReport_2011.pdf

8. Know your status & Get Involved!
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Dr. Bambi W. Gaddist