Table 4.
Retention in care and viral suppression by stage at HIV diagnosis among people aged ≥13 years who inject drugsa, and had their HIV infection diagnosed before 2012, and were alive on December 31, 2012, by selected characteristics-National HIV Surveillance System, 28 jurisdictionsb, United States.
| Diagnosed during stage 1, 2, or unknown | Diagnosed during stage 3 [AIDS] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Retained in carec | Achieved Viral Suppressiond | Total | Retained in carec | Achieved viral suppressiond | |||||
| No. | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |
| Characteristic | ||||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 34,845 | 16,750 | 48.1 | 14,481 | 41.6 | 14,692 | 6,574 | 44.7 | 5,993 | 40.8 |
| Female | 24,488 | 13,296 | 54.3 | 11,021 | 45.0 | 6,932 | 3,614 | 52.1 | 3,170 | 45.7 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Black/African American | 31,594 | 15,620 | 49.4 | 12,952 | 41.0 | 11,273 | 5,401 | 47.9 | 4,678 | 41.5 |
| Hispanic/Latinoe | 14,072 | 7,476 | 53.1 | 6,213 | 44.2 | 5,623 | 2,393 | 42.6 | 2,171 | 38.6 |
| White | 10,871 | 5,098 | 46.9 | 4,769 | 43.9 | 3,828 | 1,807 | 47.2 | 1,779 | 46.5 |
| Otherf | 2,796 | 1,851 | 66.2 | 1,569 | 56.1 | 900 | 587 | 65.3 | 535 | 59.4 |
| Age group at end of 2011 (yrs) | ||||||||||
| 13-24 | 571 | 239 | 41.8 | 168 | 29.4 | 63 | 32 | 50.5 | 26 | 40.9 |
| 25-34 | 4,200 | 1,786 | 42.5 | 1,387 | 33.0 | 688 | 336 | 48.8 | 285 | 41.5 |
| 35-44 | 11,750 | 5,615 | 47.8 | 4,503 | 38.3 | 3,316 | 1,536 | 46.3 | 1,362 | 41.1 |
| 45-54 | 24,549 | 12,900 | 52.5 | 10,909 | 44.4 | 8,826 | 4,337 | 49.1 | 3,834 | 43.4 |
| ≥55 | 18,263 | 9,505 | 52.0 | 8,536 | 46.7 | 8,732 | 3,948 | 45.2 | 3,656 | 41.9 |
| Totalg | 59,333 | 30,045 | 50.6 | 25,502 | 43.0 | 21,624 | 10,189 | 47.1 | 9,163 | 42.4 |
Abbreviation: HIV = human immunodeficiency virus.
aData statistically adjusted to account for missing transmission categories.
bJurisdictions include Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
cDefined as two or more CD4+ T-lymphocyte or viral load tests at least 3 months apart during 2012.
dDefined as a viral load result of ≤200 copies/mL at the most recent viral load test during 2012.
eHispanic/Latino can be of any race.
fIncludes American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and multiple races.
gEstimates might not sum to total.