TABLE 2—

Disparities in HIV Diagnoses Among Black Women Aged ≥ 18 Years: National HIV Surveillance System, United States, 2008–2016

Characteristic	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Percent Change, 2008–2016
Rate differences (absolute disparity)
US-born Black	38.1	32.8	28.4	25.5	22.9	19.5	17.5	15.7	14.7	−61
Non–US-born Black	65.8	57.7	60.3	51.4	49.3	50.3	53.8	46.7	53.3	−19
Total (all Black)	40.9	35.4	31.8	28.3	25.8	22.9	21.5	19.4	19.3	−53
Africa-born Black	132.9	117.0	108.7	94.7	97.1	100.3	101.8	87.0	91.0	−31
Caribbean-born Black	43.8	35.0	42.6	34.5	30.0	28.5	31.0	25.0	34.4	−21
Rate ratios (relative disparity)
US-born Black	22.9	23.6	22.6	21.1	20.7	18.9	16.4	15.1	14.5	−37
Non–US-born Black	38.8	40.8	47.0	41.4	43.5	47.1	48.5	42.7	50.0	29
Total (all Black)	24.5	25.4	25.2	23.2	23.2	22.0	20.0	18.3	18.7	−24
Africa-born Black	77.3	81.8	83.8	75.4	84.7	92.9	90.7	78.7	84.6	9
Caribbean-born Black	26.2	25.1	33.4	28.1	26.8	27.1	28.3	23.3	32.6	25

Note. Referent group was all US White (total White) women.