San Francisco Statistics
- Since the beginning of the epidemic a total of 28,114 San Francisco residents have been diagnosed with AIDS, which comprises 18% of California AIDS cases and 3% of cases reported nationally. There have been an estimated 18,866 AIDS deaths in San Francisco as of Dec. 31, 2008.
- There were 15,757 San Franciscans living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2008. Most were male (92%), white (64%) and aged 40 or older (80%). In addition, nearly three-quarters of all HIV/AIDS cases were among men who have sex with men (MSM) and an additional 13% were among MSM who were also injecting drug users.
- Of the total number of people with HIV/AIDS, 9,248 are living with AIDS. 92% are male, 6% are female and 2% are transgender.
- Survival after AIDS diagnosis is worse for African-Americans than other racial/ethnic groups. Among those diagnosed with AIDS between 1996 and 2008, the percent of African-Americans surviving five years was 73% as compared with 81% for whites, 84% for Latinos and 84% for Asian/Pacific Islanders.
- HIV/AIDS is now the third leading cause of death for men aged 25–54 years in San Francisco.
- There were 434 newly diagnosed HIV cases in 2008, down from 518 in 2007 and 523 in 2006. The majority was male (90%), MSM (70%), aged 25-49 (80%) and white (50%). In general, there is a delay between the time a person is diagnosed with HIV and the time that person’s case is reported to the Department of Public Health. If a statistical method developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to take reporting delay into account were applied to the data, the number of people diagnosed with HIV between 2006 and 2008 would be steadily increasing.
- The neighborhoods with the highest numbers of people living with HIV/AIDS are the Castro, Mission, Western Addition and Tenderloin.
- HIV-positive injecting drug users are mainly concentrated in the Tenderloin, Western Addition and South of Market.
- Community viral load, a new population-based biomarker of overall infectiousness, is highest in the following four neighborhoods: Visitacion Valley, Bayview, South of Market and the Tenderloin. These communities also have the lowest median household incomes in San Francisco. Overall, homeless individuals have the highest community viral load.
- Overall, 88-92% of people living with AIDS and 70% of those living with HIV (non-AIDS) who are eligible for treatment were receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ART) as of Dec. 31, 2008. ART use was lower among females, transgender persons, African Americans and injection drug users.
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Page last updated:
3/26/2010