HIV Prevalence in the U.S.

In a new report from the NCHS; approximately half of 1 percent (0.47 percent) of the U.S. household population between the ages of 18 and 49 are living with HIV, according to estimates from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) based on surveys conducted between 1999-2006. This is still too many, since the behaviors resulting in the infections are for the most part preventable.
Sub groups within the overall population shows:
Men ages 18-49 are more likely to be infected (0.7 percent) than women (0.2 percent).
Two percent of non-Hispanic black adults ages 18-49 were infected with HIV compared to 0.23 percent of white adults and 0.3 percent of Mexican-American adults.
Adults aged 18-49 who are infected with the herpes simplex type 2 virus (HSV-2) are more than 15 times likely to also be infected with HIV. An estimated 2 percent of HSV-2 positive adults ages 18-49 also have HIV.