California Statistics
- More than 190,000 Californians have reportedly contracted HIV/AIDS and more than 86,000 have died since the epidemic began in the early 1980s.
- California ranks second in the nation in cumulative AIDS cases at 148,949, surpassed only by New York.
- Up to 106,000 Californians are HIV-positive, while an additional 68,000 have AIDS.
- There are up to 7,000 new HIV infections in the state every year.
- 76% of all HIV/AIDS cases occur among gay men, far exceeding the 53% nationally.
- Men make up 86% and women account for 13% of all HIV cases.
- Of all HIV cases, whites account for 48% followed by Hispanics at 28% and African-Americans at 19%.
- More than two-thirds of all Californians living with HIV reside in Los Angeles County or the San Francisco Bay Area.
Page last updated:
3/26/2010