Mississippi Highlights
Prevalence
- Number of people living with diagnosed HIV in 2014: 8,983
- Rate of people living with diagnosed HIV in 2014 per 100,000 people: 364
- 69 percent of people living with diagnosed HIV in 2014 were men, and 31 percent were women.
- 73 percent of people living with diagnosed HIV in 2014 were black, 3 percent Hispanic/Latino, and 20 percent were white.
New Diagnoses
- Number of new HIV diagnoses in 2015: 509
- Rate of new HIV diagnoses in 2015 per 100,000 people: 21
Mortality
- Number of deaths of people with diagnosed HIV in 2014: 209
- Rate of deaths of people with diagnosed HIV per 100,000 people: 9
