Basic Statistics -- Cumulative Cases
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report
Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
May 13, 1999
The following data are summarized from the CDC semiannual HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report. Numbers are based on AIDS cases reported to CDC through December 31, 1998.
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The cumulative number of AIDS cases reported to CDC is 688,200. Adult and adolescent AIDS cases total 679,739 with 570,425 cases in males and 109,311 cases in females. Through the same time period, 8,461 AIDS cases were reported in children under age 13.
Total deaths of persons reported with AIDS are 410,800, including 405,816 adults and adolescents, and 4,984 children under age 15.
Of the total AIDS cases, patients' ages at time of diagnosis were distributed as follows:
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