TABLE 3.

—Estimated Burden of Infectious Disease Among Inmates and Releasees: United States, 1997

	Prevalence Among Inmates, %
Condition	Prisons	Jails	No. of Inmates With Condition	No. of Releasees With Condition	Total in US Population With Condition	Releasees with Condition as % of Total in US Population With Condition
AIDS	0.5	0.5	9 212	38 894	247 032a	15.7
HIV infection (non-AIDS)	1.45–2.03	1.45–2.03	25 881–36 310	112 056–157 661	502 968	22.2–31.3
Total HIV/AIDS	. . .	. . .	35 093–45 522	150 950–196 555	750 000b	20.1–26.2
HCV (anti-HCV+)	17–25	17–25	303 507–446 338	1 321 781-1 943 796	4 500 000c	29.4–43.2
TB Disease	0.04	0.17	1 451	12 531	31 660d	39.6

Note. HCV = hepatitis C virus.

^aData from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).36

^bCDC estimate.

^cData based on prevalence estimate in McQuillan.34

^dEstimated from CDC data.35