Table 1.
Latinos age 13 and older diagnosed with HIV infection by birth country/region and selected characteristics, Florida, 2000–2014.
| All Latinos a | United States-Born Latinos | Puerto Rico | Mexico | Cuba | Central America b | South America c | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n) | 12,106 | 4276 | 1153 | 842 | 2618 | 1284 | 1933 |
| Individual-Level Variables | |||||||
| Year of HIV diagnosis | |||||||
| 2000–2003 | 3007 (24.8) | 954 (22.3) | 341 (29.6) | 254 (30.2) | 527 (20.1) | 309 (24.1) | 622 (32.2) |
| 2004–2007 | 3291 (27.2) | 1204 (28.2) | 286 (24.8) | 266 (31.6) | 605 (23.1) | 408 (31.8) | 522 (27.0) |
| 2008–2011 | 3158 (26.1) | 1233 (28.8) | 290 (25.2) | 189 (22.5) | 679 (25.9) | 354 (27.6) | 413 (21.4) |
| 2012–2014 | 2650 (21.9) | 885 (20.7) | 238 (20.5) | 133 (15.8) | 807 (30.8) | 213 (16.6) | 376 (19.5) |
| Race d | |||||||
| Black | 740 (6.1) | 416 (9.7) | 76 (6.6) | 12 (1.4) | 118 (4.5) | 80 (6.1) | 38 (2.0) |
| White | 11,366 (93.9) | 3860 (90.3) | 1077 (93.4) | 830 (98.6) | 2500 (95.5) | 1204 (93.8) | 1895 (98.0) |
| Sex at birth | |||||||
| Male | 9997 (82.6) | 3352 (78.4) | 878 (76.2) | 727 (86.3) | 2388 (91.2) | 983 (76.6) | 1669 (86.3) |
| Female | 2109 (17.4) | 924 (21.6) | 275 (23.9) | 115 (13.7) | 230 (8.8) | 301 (23.4) | 264 (13.7) |
| Age at diagnosis | |||||||
| 13–24 | 1630 (13.5) | 865 (20.2) | 125 (10.8) | 125 (14.9) | 205 (7.8) | 157 (12.2) | 153 (7.9) |
| 25–49 | 8969 (74.1) | 3023 (70.7) | 840 (72.9) | 648 (77.0) | 1884 (72.0) | 1010 (78.7) | 1564 (80.9) |
| 50 or older | 1507 (12.5) | 388 (9.1) | 188 (16.3) | 69 (8.2) | 529 (20.2) | 117 (9.1) | 216 (11.2) |
| Mode of transmission | |||||||
| IDU | 860 (7.1) | 392 (9.2) | 233 (20.2) | 41 (4.9) | 89 (3.4) | 44 (3.4) | 61 (3.2) |
| MSM | 7434 (61.4) | 2506 (58.6) | 526 (45.6) | 413 (49.1) | 1983 (75.7) | 630 (49.1) | 1376 (71.2) |
| Heterosexual | 2901 (24.0) | 1026 (24.0) | 304 (26.4) | 266 (31.6) | 438 (16.7) | 483 (37.6) | 384 (19.9) |
| Other | |||||||
| unknown | 911 (7.5) | 352 (8.2) | 90 (7.8) | 122 (14.5) | 108 (4.1) | 127 (9.9) | 112 (5.8) |
| AIDS | |||||||
| No | 6906 (57.1) | 2527 (59.1) | 640 (55.5) | 370 (43.9) | 1633 (62.4) | 586 (45.6) | 1150 (59.5) |
| Yes | 5200 (43.0) | 1749 (40.9) | 513 (44.5) | 472 (56.1) | 985 (37.6) | 698 (54.4) | 783 (40.5) |
| ZCTA-Level Variables | |||||||
| SES index, quartiles | |||||||
| 1 (lowest) | 4786 (39.5) | 1532 (35.8) | 424 (36.8) | 414 (49.2) | 1214 (46.4) | 688 (53.6) | 514 (26.6) |
| 2 | 2825 (23.3) | 1048 (24.5) | 324 (28.1) | 191 (22.7) | 574 (21.9) | 238 (18.5) | 450 (23.3) |
| 3 | 3001 (24.8) | 1094 (25.6) | 265 (23.0) | 161 (19.1) | 625 (23.9) | 240 (18.7) | 616 (31.9) |
| 4 (highest) | 1494 (12.3) | 602 (14.1) | 140 (12.1) | 76 (9.0) | 205 (7.8) | 118 (9.2) | 353 (18.3) |
| RUCA Classification | |||||||
| Urban | 11,870 (98.1) | 4180 (97.8) | 1123 (97.4) | 785 (93.2) | 2596 (99.2) | 1279 (99.2) | 1922 (99.4) |
| Rural | 236 (2.0) | 96 (2.3) | 30 (2.6) | 57 (6.8) | 22 (0.8) | 22 (0.8) | 11 (0.6) |
| Percent of population Hispanic | |||||||
| ≥50 | 4694 (38.8) | 1196 (28.0) | 296 (25.7) | 206 (24.5) | 1697 (64.8) | 562 (43.8) | 737 (38.1) |
| 25–49 | 3858 (31.9) | 1429 (33.4) | 402 (34.9) | 274 (32.5) | 640 (24.5) | 382 (29.8) | 731 (37.8) |
| <25 | 3554 (29.4) | 1651 (38.6) | 455 (39.5) | 362 (43.0) | 281 (10.7) | 340 (26.5) | 465 (24.1) |
HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; IDU, injection drug use; MSM, male to male sexual contact; ZCTA, zip code tabulation area; SES, socioeconomic status. Percentage may not add up to 100 due to rounding. a Excludes cases diagnosed in a correctional facility (n = 322), missing current residential zip code (n = 2866) or had a reported zip code with an American Community Survey population of zero (n = 9), diagnosed under the age of 13 (n = 67), died before the year 2016 (n = 2751), and whose current state of residence was not Florida (n = 1077) or was missing (n = 407). Latinos born in an “unknown/unspecified” or missing country of birth (n = 1746) or in countries other than the U.S., Puerto Rico, Mexico, Cuba, Central America, and South America (n = 1001) were also excluded. b Includes Latinos born in Costa Rica (n = 56), El Salvador (n = 111), Guatemala (n = 245), Honduras (n = 496), Nicaragua (n = 299), and Panama (n = 77). c Includes Latinos born in Argentina (n = 278), Bolivia (n = 17), Chile (n = 78), Colombia (n = 672), Ecuador (n = 92), Paraguay (n = 18), Peru (n = 245), Uruguay (n = 50), and Venezuela (n = 483). d Race was missing for 988 Latinos that met our inclusion/exclusion criteria. After multiple imputation, 60 individuals were from a race other than Black or White (American Indian/Alaskan Native = 33, Asian = 14, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander = 13) and were excluded.