TABLE 2. Number of persons linked to HIV medical care within 1 month after diagnosis of HIV infection among Hispanics or Latinos aged ≥13 years, by age group and selected characteristics — National HIV Surveillance System, 38 jurisdictions,* United States, 2015.
| Characteristic | 13–24 yrs |
25–34 yrs |
35–44 yrs |
45–54 yrs |
≥55 yrs |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. HIV diagnoses | No. linked† (%) | No. HIV diagnoses | No. linked† (%) | No. HIV diagnoses | No. linked† (%) | No. HIV diagnoses | No. linked† (%) | No. HIV diagnoses | No. linked† (%) | No. HIV diagnoses | No. linked† (%) | |
|
Sex
| ||||||||||||
| Male |
1,375 |
1,000 (72.7) |
2,197 |
1,639 (74.6) |
1,289 |
995 (77.2) |
760 |
594 (78.2) |
304 |
241 (79.3) |
5,925 |
4,469 (75.4)
|
| Female |
134 |
100 (74.6) |
200 |
142 (71.0) |
193 |
147 (76.2) |
158 |
121 (76.6) |
97 |
80 (82.5) |
782
|
590 (75.4)
|
|
Transmission category§
| ||||||||||||
| Male-to-male sexual contact |
1,279 |
930 (72.7) |
1,971 |
1,465 (74.4) |
1,068 |
826 (77.4) |
615 |
476 (77.4) |
192 |
148 (77.3) |
5,124
|
3,845 (75.0)
|
|
Injection drug use
| ||||||||||||
| Male |
23 |
16 (69.2) |
59 |
43 (72.1) |
62 |
42 (67.8) |
52 |
39 (75.3) |
42 |
31 (73.5) |
237
|
170 (71.6)
|
| Female |
16 |
11 (69.9) |
22 |
14 (63.8) |
23 |
17(76.1) |
23 |
14 (61.4) |
12 |
9 (81.2) |
96
|
67 (69.3)
|
| Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use |
51 |
37 (73.2) |
85 |
61 (70.8) |
47 |
35(74.7) |
23 |
19 (82.7) |
6 |
6 (100) |
212
|
157 (74.2)
|
|
Heterosexual contact¶
| ||||||||||||
| Male |
22 |
16 (75.2) |
80 |
69 (86.1) |
111 |
90 (81.6) |
71 |
60 (85.3) |
62 |
54 (88.0) |
345
|
290 (84.1)
|
| Female |
117 |
88 (75.2) |
178 |
128 (72.0) |
170 |
130 (76.2) |
135 |
107 (79.2) |
85 |
70 (82.6) |
684
|
522 (76.3)
|
|
Other**
| ||||||||||||
| Male |
1 |
1 (100) |
2 |
2 (100) |
2 |
2 (100) |
1 |
1 (100) |
2 |
2 (100) |
7
|
7 (100)
|
| Female |
1 |
1 (100) |
0 |
0 (0.0) |
0 |
0 (0.0) |
0 |
0 (0.0) |
0 |
0 (0.0) |
1
|
1 (100)
|
| Total | 1,509 | 1,100 (72.9) | 2,397 | 1,781 (74.3) | 1,482 | 1,142 (77.1) | 918 | 715 (77.9) | 401 | 321 (80) | 6,707 | 5,059 (75.4) |
Abbreviation: HIV = human immunodeficiency virus.
* The 38 jurisdictions were Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
† One or more CD4 or viral load tests performed within 1 month after HIV diagnosis during 2015.
§ Data statistically adjusted using multiple imputation techniques to account for missing transmission categories.
¶ Heterosexual contact with a person known to have, or to be at high risk for, HIV infection.
** Includes persons with diagnosed infection attributed to hemophilia, blood transfusion, perinatal exposure, and risk factors not reported or not identified.