Table 1.
Total Number of Female AIDS Cases by Transmission Categories for Each Ethnic/Race Group, United States, January 2, 1989
| White
|
Black
|
Hispanic/Latina
|
Other
|
Total
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Intravenous (IV) drug user | 787 | 38 | 2,082 | 53 | 728 | 48 | 25 | 34 | 3,622 | 48 |
| Heterosexual contact | 482 | 23 | 1,106 | 28 | 466 | 31 | 19 | 26 | 2,073 | 27 |
| Blood transfusion | 511 | 25 | 148 | 4 | 71 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 747 | 10 |
| Hemophilia/coagulation disorder | 16 | <1 | 6 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | <1 |
| Other/unknown | 152 | 7 | 262 | 7 | 95 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 519 | 7 |
| Children (under age 13) | 118 | 6 | 347 | 9 | 141 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 608 | 8 |
| Total cases | 2,066 | 100 | 3,951 | 100 | 1,501 | 100 | 73 | 100 | 7,591 | 100 |
Note. Data are from the Centers for Disease Control AIDS Public Access Data Tape, January 2, 1989. Percentages in each transmission category are calculated within each ethnic group.