FIGURE.
The figure shows the number and percentage of HIV-infected persons engaged in selected stages of the continuum of HIV care in the United States. CDC synthesized these findings to determine the number of persons in selected categories of the continuum of HIV care, and estimated that 328,475 (35%) of 941,950 persons diagnosed with HIV (or 28% of all 1,178,350 persons with HIV) in the United States are virally suppressed.19 *Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.2 †Calculated as estimated number diagnosed times estimated percentage linked to care (77%). ‡Calculated as estimated number diagnosed times estimated percentage retained in care (51%). §Calculated as estimated number retained in HIV care times percentage prescribed antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the Medical Monitoring Project (88.8%). ¶Calculated as estimated number receiving ART times percentage with suppressed viral load in the Medical Monitoring Project (77.0%). This value is 28% of the estimated 1,178,350 persons in the United States who are infected with HIV.