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HIV/AIDS stats at a glance
In the 11-county Kansas City area:
- There are 4,900 males and 790 females currently living with HIV as of the end of 2007.
- 2,995 males and 213 females have died with HIV.
- In 2007, 256 males and 54 females were reported with HIV for the first time.
- As of statistics received by May of 2008, 216 males and 44 females were diagnosed with HIV in 2007.
- Of the 216 males, 104 were white, 88 were black and22 were Hispanic. In that group, 120 were between the ages of 25 and 44, 50 were over 45 years old, and 46 were between 13 and 24 years old.
- Of the 44 females, 27 were white, 10 were Hispanic, and five were black. 2007 was the first year in which more Hispanic women were diagnosed with HIV than black women. In that group, 22 were between the ages of 25 and 44, 13 were between the ages of 13 and 24, and eight were over 45 years old. 2007 was also the first year since 2001 that more women between the ages of 13 and 24 were diagnosed than women over 45.
- 160 people were living with AIDS at the end of 2006.
- The average length of time from HIV diagnosis to AIDS diagnosis is currently about 130 months for men and 96 months for women, but this varies greatly from person to person.
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