Table 5_2_4-3

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 5_2_4.3
HIV infection deaths per 100,000 population,^a by State, 1999 and 2005
State	2005			1999
State	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
United States	12,542	4.2	0.0	14,801	5.3	0.0
Alabama	172	3.8	0.3	177	4.0	0.3
Alaska	*	*	*	*	*	*
Arizona	138	2.5	0.2	153	3.2	0.3
Arkansas	86	3.2	0.4	67	2.6	0.3
California	1,291	3.7	0.1	1,593	4.8	0.1
Colorado	93	2.0	0.2	104	2.3	0.2
Connecticut	148	4.0	0.3	203	5.8	0.4
Delaware	63	7.3	0.9	65	8.4	1.0
District of Columbia	203	37.1	2.6	266	46.3	2.9
Florida	1,718	9.8	0.2	1,657	10.7	0.3
Georgia	666	7.3	0.3	786	9.5	0.3
Hawaii	*	*	*	29	2.4	0.4
Idaho	*	*	*	*	*	*
Illinois	410	3.2	0.2	548	4.5	0.2
Indiana	102	1.7	0.2	111	1.9	0.2
Iowa	*	*	*	21	0.8	0.2
Kansas	32	1.2	0.2	43	1.7	0.3
Kentucky	62	1.5	0.2	76	1.9	0.2
Louisiana	403	9.2	0.5	373	8.6	0.4
Maine	*	*	*	*	*	*
Maryland	528	9.0	0.4	592	10.7	0.4
Massachusetts	184	2.7	0.2	257	4.0	0.2
Michigan	224	2.2	0.1	238	2.4	0.2
Minnesota	53	1.0	0.1	72	1.5	0.2
Mississippi	191	6.8	0.5	156	5.8	0.5
Missouri	130	2.2	0.2	150	2.8	0.2
Montana	*	*	*	*	*	*
Nebraska	26	1.6	0.3	20	1.2	0.3
Nevada	86	3.6	0.4	104	5.3	0.5
New Hampshire	*	*	*	*	*	*
New Jersey	604	6.6	0.3	913	10.6	0.3
New Mexico	34	1.8	0.3	29	1.6	0.3
New York	1,644	8.2	0.2	2,375	12.5	0.3
North Carolina	416	4.8	0.2	466	5.8	0.3
North Dakota	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ohio	223	1.9	0.1	244	2.2	0.1
Oklahoma	93	2.7	0.3	103	3.1	0.3
Oregon	57	1.6	0.2	75	2.2	0.3
Pennsylvania	360	2.8	0.1	498	4.1	0.2
Rhode Island	23	2.0	0.4	35	3.4	0.6
South Carolina	249	5.9	0.4	307	7.7	0.4
South Dakota	*	*	*	*	*	*
Tennessee	281	4.6	0.3	258	4.5	0.3
Texas	980	4.5	0.1	1,072	5.3	0.2
Utah	*	*	*	29	1.6	0.3
Vermont	*	*	*	*	*	*
Virginia	233	3.0	0.2	265	3.6	0.2
Washington	138	2.1	0.2	110	1.8	0.2
West Virginia	22	1.2	0.3	21	1.2	0.3
Wisconsin	60	1.0	0.1	65	1.2	0.1
Wyoming	*	*	*	*	*	*

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 5_2_4-3: 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_4-3.html