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Statewide Reported Cases

Category Reported
2001
Percent
2001
Reported
2002
Percent
2002
Difference
(# of Cases)
Percent
Change
Total
Cases
1981-2002
Total
Percent
1981-2002
Race Ethnicity
White, not Hispanic 334 28% 574 29% 212 59% 10,869 38%
Black, not Hispanic 701 58% 1,085 55% 325 43% 13,841 49%
Hispanic 163 13% 296 15% 119 67% 3,496 12%
Asian/Native American 14 1% 19 1% 4 27% 230 1%
Unknown     2 0% 2 200% 2 0%
TOTAL 1,212 100% 1,976 100% 662 50% 28,438 100%
Gender
Male 964 80% 1,560 79% 522 50% 23,967 84%
Female 248 20% 416 21% 140 51% 4,471 16%
TOTAL 1,212 100% 1,976 100% 662 50% 28,438 100%
Transmission (Male)
MSM* 472 49% 810 52% 274 51% 14,406 60%
Injection Drug Use (IDU) 177 18% 303 19% 80 36% 5,240 22%
MSM/IDU 31 3% 62 4% 9 17% 1,616 7%
Heterosexual Contact 64 7% 102 7% 30 42% 965 4%
Blood Trans/Hemophilia 19 2% 18 1% -1 -5% 444 2%
Perinatal 0 0% 1 0% 1 100% 109 0%
Unknown 201 21% 264 17% 129 96% 1,187 5%
TOTAL 964 100% 1,560 100% 522 50% 23,967 100%
Transmission (Female)
Injection Drug Use (IDU) 70 28% 107 26% 18 20% 2,052 46%
Heterosexual Contact 83 33% 214 51% 85 66% 1,714 38%
Blood Trans/Hemophilia 7 3% 6 1% -3 -33% 152 3%
Perinatal 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 134 3%
Unknown 88 35% 89 21% 40 82% 419 9%
TOTAL 248 100% 416 100% 140 51% 4,471 100%
Geography
Metropolitan Chicago** 985 81% 1,763 89% 704 66% 24,594 86%
Chicago*** 763 63% 1,445 73% 630 77% 19,639 69%
Downstate 227 19% 213 11% -42 -16% 3,844 14%
TOTAL 1,212 100% 1,976 100% -569 50% 28,438 100%
* Men who have sex with men
**  Includes Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties
*** Chicago is included in Metropolitan Chicago Cases




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Illinois Department of Public Health
535 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, Illinois 62761
Phone 217-782-4977
Fax 217-782-3987
TTY 800-547-0466
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