5 HIV snapshots of major cities on World AIDS Day

Georgia (Atlanta)

Prevalence

  • Number of people living with diagnosed HIV in 2014: 46,870
  • Rate of people living with diagnosed HIV in 2014 per 100,000 people: 564
  • 75 percent of people living with diagnosed HIV in 2014 were men, and 25 percent were women.
  • 69 percent of people living with diagnosed HIV in 2014 were black, 7 percent Hispanic/Latino, and 20 percent were white.

New Diagnoses

  • Number of new HIV diagnoses in 2015: 2,381
  • Rate of new HIV diagnoses in 2015 per 100,000 people: 28

Mortality

  • Number of deaths of people with diagnosed HIV in 2014: 752
  • Rate of deaths of people with diagnosed HIV per 100,000 people: 9
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