Table 5_2_1-2a

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 5_2_1.2a
New AIDS cases per 100,000 population age 13 and over,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2006
Population group		Total^c		Non-Hispanic								Hispanic, all races
		Total^c		White		Black		API		AI/AN		Hispanic, all races
		Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Total		36,790	14.9	10,926	6.4	17,930	60.3	518	4.4	155	7.8	6,903	20.8
Age^b	13–17	216	1.0	15	0.1	156	4.6	4	0.4	0	0.0	40	1.1
	18–44	23,397	20.6	6,729	9.4	11,099	73.6	379	6.0	112	11.1	4,859	24.4
	45–64	12,342	16.5	3,958	7.1	6,260	77.0	121	3.7	40	7.2	1,828	25.9
	65 and over	835	2.2	223	0.7	415	13.3	14	1.1	3	1.8	176	7.3
Gender^b	Male	26,989	22.4	9,267	11.2	11,540	82.9	423	7.5	118	12.2	5,388	31.3
Gender^b	Female	9,801	7.8	1,659	1.9	6,391	40.4	95	1.6	37	3.6	1,516	9.5

^a Includes persons in 50 States and Washington D.C. Excludes persons from U.S. dependencies, possessions, and associated nations.

^b Excludes persons with missing age or gender.

^c Includes persons with unknown race or multiple races.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV/AIDS Surveillance System.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 5_2_1-2a: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/5_hiv_aids/T5_2_1-2a.html