HIV/AIDS Statistics

Women with HIV are more likely to postpone care because they lack transportation.

Women with HIV postpone care because they are to sick to go to the doctor.

Women with HIV postpone care because their family’s needs come first.

Women with HIV:

Get educated about the virus & how it affects your body.

Learn how HIV/AIDS affects your home community.

Learn how HIV/AIDS affects the world population.

Become involved in local, state & federal funding processes.

Volunteer at a local AIDS Service Organization.

Volunteer to hand out HIV/AIDS material at a community health fair.

Sign up for HIV/AIDS focus groups.

Go to a HIV Planning Council meeting.

Most AIDS diagnoses among women are due to heterosexual transmission (71% in 2003) followed by injection drug use (27%).

Among younger women, ages 20-24 heterosexual transmission accounts for 79% of estimated new AIDS cases and 61% among teen girls, ages 13-19.

Most women with HIV/AIDS receiving medical care have children under age 18 in their homes (76%, 2003), which may complicate their ability to manage their own illness.

Women account for 46% of adults living with HIV worldwide.

77% of infected young people in sub-Saharan Africa are girls.

Nearly one million Americans are living with HIV. (2003)

More than 40 million people around the world are infected with HIV (2003).

In the United States, 72 African-Americans are infected with HIV every day (2003).

Women with HIV are more likely to postpone care due to lack of transportation.

Women with HIV postpone care because they are to sick to go to the doctor and do not have insurance.

In 2005, Hays County Tx Served 14 Females for HIV

8844 Female AIDS cases were reported in Texas in 2004

Texas ranked #4 in the nation with 62,983 AIDS cases in 2003

The average annual cost of HIV care is $20,000.00+

There is NO cure for HIV

Most AIDS diagnoses among women are due to heterosexual transmission (71% in 2003)
followed by injection drug use (27%).