NYC Women and HIV Aids

NYCWOMEN & HIV AIDS AN ESTIMATED 31,663 ann WOMEN AGED 13 OR OLDER MARCH 10TH IS NATIONAL WOMEN AND GIRLS HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY. WERE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS IN NYC AT THE END OF 2009 DO YOU KNOW THE IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS ON WOMEN IN NYC? 100 90 1985 A = 1,000 Women living with AIDS in NYC 80 2009 A AAA &&ARRRARAÅ 41 70 69.9% 60 50 More women are affected by AIDS today than early in the epidemic. The number of women living with AIDS in NYC increased from only 290 in 1985 to 19,156 in 2009. 43.8% 40 MORE THAN 30 9 oUT or 10 20 18.3% Black and Latina women account for 10 6.4% NYC WOMEN 60.2 % 2000 2009 2000 2009 HIV Transmission Risk DIAGNOSED WITH HIV IN 2009 of the NYC female population, but they account for injection drug use sex with a man WERE BLACK OR LATINA. 90.7 % Fewer women are becoming infected with HIV by injecting drugs. Today, most women are infected by having unprotected sex with a man. OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS IN NYC AS OF 2009. NEW YORK KNOWS f JOIN THE CONVERSATION AT FACEBOOK.COM/NYCKNOWS ALL DATA REPORTED TO NYC DOHMH, HIV EPIDEMIOLOGY AND FIELD SERVICES PROGRAM, AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2010. WHAT'S YOUR HIV STATUS? % of New HIV Diagnoses among Women in NYC