- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- AIDS update. Number of AIDS cases in Georgia / Georgia Dept. of Human Resources.
- Title:
- AIDS update. Number of AIDS cases in Georgia / Georgia Dept. of Human Resources
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Human Resources. Office of Communications
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Human Resources. Office of Communications.
- Publisher:
- [Atlanta, GA] : Georgia Department of Human Resources, Office of Communications, 2006
- Date of Original:
- 2006
- Subject:
- AIDS (Disease)--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Title from caption
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA H800.C6 S1 F35 72 2006 Jan.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bh800-pc6-bs1-bf35-b72-b2006-bjan-p-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bh800-pc6-bs1-bf35-b72-b2006-bjan-p-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
fact sheet
Georgia Department of Human Resources
AIDS UPDATE
NUMBER OF AIDS CASES IN GEORGIA
Cumulative number of AIDS cases in Georgia since 1981
As reported to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health, Epidemiology Branch, AIDS Surveillance Unit as of September 30, 2005
CASES
Adults/Adolescents .................. 28,956 Children (0-13) .............................224 Total ........................................29,180
DEATHS
Adults/Adolescents .................. 14,650 Children (0-13) .............................119 Total ........................................14,769
SEX
Male ......................................... 23,515 Female .......................................5,665
RACE
African American ....................19,127 White .........................................9,167 Hispanic ........................................ 756 Other .............................................130
EXPOSURE CATEGORY
ADULTS/ADOLESCENTS Men who have sex with men ............................................................................................ 13,115 Injectable drug use ............................................................................................................. 4,554 Heterosexual contact ......................................................................................................... 4,151 Men who have sex with men and inject drugs ................................................................... 1,423 Receipt of blood, components or tissue ................................................................................ 421 Other and unknown* .......................................................................................................... 5,292
CHILDREN (0-13) Children born to mother with or at risk of HIV infection .................................................... 212 Receipt of blood, components or tissue .................................................................................... 6 Other and unknown* ................................................................................................................. 6
*Persons whose method of transmission could not be determined or those with hemophilia/coagulation disorder.
For more information about AIDS in Georgia, contact the Division of Public Health at (404) 657-2700.
Georgia Department of Human Resources Office of Communications www.dhr.georgia.gov January 2006