The Numbers: HIV and AIDS Diagnoses • Women made up 19% (8,328) of the estimated 44,073 new HIV diagnoses in the United States in 2014. Of these, 87% (7,242) were
attributed to heterosexual sex,e
and 13% (1,045) were attributed to injection drug use.
• Among all women diagnosed with HIV in 2014, an estimated 62% (5,128) were African American, 18% (1,483) were white, and 16%
(1,350) were Hispanic/Latina.
• New HIV diagnoses declined 40% among women from 2005 to 2014. They declined 42% among African American women, 35%
among Latina women, and 30% among white women.
• Women accounted for 25% (5,168) of the estimated 20,792 AIDS diagnoses among adults and adolescents in 2014 and represent
20% (246,372) of the estimated 1,210,835 cumulative AIDS diagnoses in the United States from the beginning of the epidemic
through the end of 2014.