Over 40,000 new HIV infections are reported in the U.S. each year.

As many as one-fourth of people living with HIV do not know they are infected.

Since the beginning of the AIDS Epidemic in the U.S., more than 550,000 deaths have been reported.

Currently, 1.2 million people are living with HIV/AIDS In the U.S.

Florida Ranks third in nation in the number of persons living with AIDS.

Approximately 100,809 people, roughly 10.5% of the national total, currently live with AIDS in Florida.

Miami-Dade 34,315

Broward 20,442

The Miami metropolitan area has the highest AIDS rates in the nation (52.8), followed by Ft. Lauderdale metropolitan area (45.8), and New York (45.4).

An estimated 29% of Miami-Dade’s population is without health insurance.

Nearly 1.5 percent of the Miami-Dade population lives with HIV or AIDS.

Almost 1 percent of the Broward County population lives with HIV or AIDS

Nationwide, MSM represent the largest proportion of new infections (49%), followed by persons exposed through high-heterosexual contact (32%).

In the U.S., 73% of all AIDS cases are among men.

Of the reported HIV cases among men, 67% in Miami and 74% in Fort Lauderdale are MSM.

Nationwide, African American women account for the majority of new AIDS cases among women (67%).

AIDS is growing among women. In 1994, 23% of AIDS cases in Miami- Dade were among women. In 2005 that figure has increased to 31%. In Broward County, women account for 26% of HIV cases.

74% of AIDS cases among women in Miami-Dade are among African Americans. In Broward County, over 80% of new AIDS cases among women are among African Americans.

In 2002, HIV was the leading cause of death for African American men ages 35-39 and women ages 30-34, nationwide.

Blacks/African Americans tend to learn about their HIV status at a later stage of the disease and to postpone medical care.

79% of all pediatric AIDS cases in Florida through 2004 are among African American children.

It is estimated that approximately 1 in 50 Blacks in Broward County is living with HIV/AIDS.

While Blacks compose only 19% of the population in Miami-Dade County, they account for 56% of AIDS cases. Similarly, in Broward, Blacks compose 23% of the population and 56% of HIV/AIDS cumulative cases.

Cumulatively, 93,163 Hispanics have died of AIDS through 2004 in the US.

Cumulatively, 120 (8%) of Florida’s 1,504 pediatric AIDS and 51 (14%) pediatric HIV (not AIDS) cases are Hispanic.

34% of AIDS cases and 36% of HIV cases in Miami-Dade are among Hispanics.

Through December 2004, 73% of Hispanic males living with HIV/AIDS were exposed to the virus through male-to-male sexual contact and 85% of Hispanic females were exposed via heterosexual contact in Broward County.

Young people aged 15–24 account for about 40% of new HIV infections among those 15 and over worldwide.

The estimates of HIV among youth may be underestimated since they do not perceive their risk of infection and are not likely to get tested or seek care.

HIV/AIDS cases increased among people 15-29 between 2001 and 2005 in the Nation.

Young people in the United States are at persistent risk for HIV infection. This risk is especially notable for youth of minority races and ethnicities.

Florida had the second highest HIV/AIDS incidence among youth 13-19 in 2004 in the US

In Miami-Dade County, there are 4,090 cumulative AIDS cases among youth 13-29 years of age and they represent 20% of the reported new HIV cases.