Volume 10, Number 11—November 2004 ICEID & ICWID 2004 ICWID
Session Summaries Impact of HIV on Women in the United States In
the United States, AIDS was first reported in women in 1981 (1),
and the percentage of AIDS cases in women has continued to
increase, accounting for an estimated 26% of new AIDS diagnoses
in 2002 (2). Since 1998, deaths among women with AIDS in the
United States have remained stable at an estimated 4,000 (2).
Epidemiologic Features of HIV in Women, United States Data from
29 states with confidential name-based HIV reporting since 1998
were used to describe the status of HIV disease among women from
1999 through 2002. HIV diagnoses were defined as diagnoses of
HIV infection regardless of AIDS diagnosis status. This
diagnosis includes persons with a diagnosis of HIV infection
only, HIV infection and later AIDS diagnosis, or concurrent
diagnoses of HIV infection and AIDS. From 1999 through 2002, an
estimated 101,872 HIV diagnoses were reported from 29 states:
72,007 (70.7%) in men and 29,8