HIV-related deaths have fallen by almost 50% in the U.S. since 2010, but disparities in this progress point to the need to do more.
Between 1990 and 2011 in the U.S., HIV-related deaths among people with AIDS declined by almost 90%. Now, the CDC has analyzed deaths by cause between 2010 and 2017 among persons aged ≥13 years with diagnosed HIV infection. Deaths were classified as HIV- and non–HIV-related based on ICD-10 codes.
HIV-related death rates declined by 48.4% from 2010 to 2017 (9.1/1000 persons with diagnosed HIV (PWDH) in 2010; 4.7/1000 PWDH in 2017). Non–HIV-related death rates fell by 8.6% during this period. However, disparities by race and region continued. In 2017, the HIV-related death rate was 5.6/1000 PWDH in Blacks compared with 3.9/1000 PWDH in whites and 3.9/1000 PWDH in Hispanic/Latino persons. This rate was 6.0/1000 PWDH in the South compared with 3…
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Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesHIV Medicine Association; Infectious Diseases Society of America (Board of Directors)