TABLE 1.
Estimated number and rate of deaths of persons aged ≥13 years with diagnosed HIV infection,* by race/ethnicity — United States, 2008–2012
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| No.† | Rate per 100,000 pop. | Rate per 1,000 PLWH§ | No.† | Rate per 100,000 pop. | Rate per 1,000 PLWH§ | No.† | Rate per 100,000 pop. | Rate per 1,000 PLWH§ | No.† | Rate per 100,000 pop. | Rate per 1,000 PLWH§ | No.† | Rate per 100,000 pop. | Rate per 1,000 PLWH§ | |
| Black/African American | 9,920 | 33.1 | 28.4 | 9,596 | 31.7 | 26.5 | 8,682 | 28.3 | 23.3 | 8,444 | 27.2 | 21.9 | 8,165 | 26.0 | 20.5 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 2,949 | 8.5 | 18.5 | 2,913 | 8.2 | 17.5 | 2,809 | 7.4 | 16.3 | 2,799 | 7.2 | 15.6 | 2,586 | 6.5 | 13.9 |
| White | 5,662 | 3.3 | 20.8 | 5,545 | 3.2 | 19.8 | 5,395 | 3.2 | 18.8 | 5,307 | 3.1 | 18.1 | 5,426 | 3.2 | 18.1 |
| Other races | 890 | 5.5 | 22.8 | 998 | 6.1 | 24.6 | 1,003 | 5.5 | 23.9 | 946 | 5.0 | 21.8 | 989 | 5.1 | 22.0 |
| Total | 19,421 | 7.7 | 23.7 | 19,052 | 7.5 | 22.5 | 17,890 | 7.0 | 20.5 | 17,496 | 6.8 | 19.4 | 17,166 | 6.6 | 18.5 |
Abbreviations: HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; PLWH = persons living with diagnosed HIV infection.
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Data include persons with diagnosed HIV infection regardless of stage of disease at diagnosis. Deaths of persons with a diagnosis of HIV infection might have resulted from any cause.
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Estimates include statistical adjustment that accounted for reporting delays, but not for incomplete reporting.
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Rate per 1,000 population aged ≥13 years living with diagnosed HIV infection (PLWH). Denominator was estimated as (no. PLWH at the end of [year X-1]) + (no. new diagnoses during year X).