April 27, 2001 
 
Contact: Connie Sumpter at 404/657-1389 clsumpter@dhr.state.us 
DHR Office of Communications 
 
AIDS Update 
 
Cumulative number of AIDS cases in Georgia since 1981, as reported to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health, Epidemiology and Prevention Branch, AIDS Surveillance. 
 
Reported as of March 31, 2001. 
CASES Adults/Adolescents . . . . . . . . . . . 22,682 Children (0-13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22,890 
 
DEATHS Adults/Adolescents . . . . . . . . . . . 12,306 Children (0-13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12,417 
 
SEX Male . . . . . . . . .19,053 Female . . . . . . . . 3,837 
Total. . . . . . . 22,890 
 
RACE African American . . . . . . . 14,224 White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,173 Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 
 
RISK BEHAVIOR Men who have sex with men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,011 Injecting drug use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,167 Heterosexual contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,958 Men who have sex with men and inject drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,270 Receipt of blood, components or tissue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Children born to mother with or at risk of HIV infection . . . . . . . . .197 *Other and unknown - Adults/Adolescents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,953 **Other and unknown - Children under 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 
 
*Adults/Adolescents who could not be reached for interviewing; or risk factor could not be determined; or those with hemophilia/coagulation disorder. **Most were born to an HIV-infected mother. The other pediatric cases contracted HIV through hemophilia/coagulation disorder, or a risk factor that could not be determined. 
Reported AIDS cases by Public Health Districts 
 
 April 27, 2001 
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