For the Record

AFC estimates that 40,000-42,000 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Illinois. As many as 10,000 Illinoisans may be living with HIV and not know it.

At the end of 2008, 34,902 people were reported as living with HIV/AIDS in Illinois, including 17,571 African Americans, 10,932 whites, 5,028 Latinos, and 1,170 individuals of other races.

Gay men and men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to be hardest hit by HIV. In 2006, male-to-male sexual contact was the likely mode of transmission for four out of five (82%) new HIV cases among men with a known mode of transmission.

In Illinois, African-American women represent more than two-thirds (68%) of women living with HIV.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced in 2008 that an estimated 1.1 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2006. An estimated 56,000 people were newly infected with HIV in 2006, 40% more than suggested by previous calculations.

85% of Illinoisans newly diagnosed with HIV in 2006 lived in theChicago metro area. Cook County was home to two out of three people newly diagnosed with HIV. 15% live downstate.

Sources: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Illinois Department of Public Health. Charts show only individuals with known race or mode of transmission.

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