Women and HIV

Women account for more than one in four new HIV/AIDS diagnoses and deaths caused by AIDS.
The proportion of AIDS diagnoses reported among women has more than tripled since 1985.
71% of women diagnosed with AIDS in 2005 contracted the disease through heterosexual sex.
African Americans constituted 66% of women diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2005.
In 2005, teen girls represented 43% of AIDS cases reported among people aged 13 to 19.
African Americans and Hispanics represent 24% of all women in the U.S. but they account for 82% of AIDS cases among women.
African-American women are 23 times more likely to have AIDS than white women.
AIDS is the leading cause of death for African-American women aged 25 to 34.