HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Social Determinants of Health Among Adults With Diagnosed HIV Infection in 18 Areas, 2005-2009

This report focuses on the social determinants of health (SDH) and its crossover to HIV rates in the United States from 2005-2009. It explains that SDH refers to the overlapping social structures and economic systems that are responsible for most health inequities. Thirteen tables break down rates of HIV diagnoses by indicators such as sex, age, area of residence, race, and transmission category. This report limits the data to adults older 18 and older to more accurately represent the population from which the SDH indicator variables were collected by the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS). The numbers, percentages, and rates of diagnoses of HIV infection were based on data from 18 areas: Colorado, D.C., Illinois (excluding Chicago), Iowa, Los Angeles County, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York City, New York State, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, San Francisco, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.