Figure 1. Map of the United States - Geographical distribution of the health departments selected for analysis of HIV testing among first time testers, 31 health departments, United States, 2019*.
*The selected health departments highlighted in blue on the map met the PS18-1802 data completeness target (i.e., ≤ 20% missing or invalid values for variables to verify linkage to medical care and new HIV diagnoses, which includes checking local HIV surveillance and other databases to confirm the lack of a previous HIV diagnosis). Following are health departments selected for the analysis: Alaska, Arizona, California [excluding Los Angeles County and San Francisco], Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York State [excluding New York City], North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania [excluding Philadelphia], South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas [excluding Houston], Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, San Francisco, and Philadelphia.