Published January, 2015

HIV Among African Americans, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2014)

Based on 2010 data, this CDC fact sheet outlines the impact of HIV on African Americans as a percent of new infections broken down by race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender. According to the CDC, African Americans accounted for an estimated 44% of all new HIV infections among adults and adolescents (aged 13 years or older), despite representing only 12% of the U.S. population, a rate 8 times that of whites overall. The fact sheet also presents brief summaries of prevention challenges in the African American community and steps the CDC is taking to advance the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and to maximize the effectiveness of current HIV prevention methods.