2010 FACT SHEET

1. The following data is cumulative through December 30, 2008, reported by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Surveillance.

     2. South Carolina ranks 9th in the nation for total number of HIV infection cases and 10th in the nation for AIDS case rates. (Kaiser Family Foundation Fact Sheet, February 2009)

    
3. In SC African Americans comprise approximately 72% of the annual number of HIV/AIDS cases, while representing only one-third of the state’s population.  (SC DHEC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports, December 2007)

     
4. In 2006, more new HIV infections occurred among young people under 30 (aged 13-29) than any other age group in the U.S. (CDC HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet 2008)

5. More than 56,000 new HIV infections occur each year, 73% among men and 27% among women. (www.kff.org, 2009)  Given that, one person is infected with HIV every 9 ½ minutes.

    
6. In SC, more than 14,700, men and women, aged 20-39 are estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS.  (SC DHEC HIV/AIDS Surveillance December 2007)

     7. African American women account for the majority of new HIV infections and the majority of new AIDS cases among women in the U.S.  (Kaiser Family Foundation Fact Sheet, October 2008)

    
 8. In SC there are more than 23,000 HIV cases and more than 18,000 AIDS cases.  (SC DHEC Surveillance December 30, 2007) 

     9. People who do not know their HIV status account for more than half of all new HIV infections.  (CDC HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet 2008)

     
10. CDC recommends that everyone in the U.S. aged 13-64, regardless of perceived risk get tested for HIV.  (CDC HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet 2008)