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AIDS Cases

Category Reported
2003
Percent
2003
Reported
2004
Percent
2004
Difference
(# of Cases)
Percent
Change
Total
Cases
1981-2004
Total
Percent
1981-2004
Race Ethnicity
White, not Hispanic 465 31.3% 383 26.9% -82 -17.6% 11,565 36.8%
Black, not Hispanic 747 50.3% 772 54.1% 25 3.3% 15,545 49.5%
Hispanic* 243 16.4% 241 16.9% -2 -0.8% 3,987 12.7%
Asian/Native American 20 1.3% 25 1.8% 5 25.0% 279 0.9%
Multi-Race 8 0.5% 3 0.2% -5 -62.5% 12 0.0%
Unknown 2 0.1% 2 0.1% 0 0.0% 6 0.0%
TOTAL 1,485 100% 1,426 100% -59 -4.0% 31,394 100%
Gender
Male 1,166 80.1% 1,119 78.5% -47 -4.0% 26,138 83.3%
Female 319 21.9% 307 21.5% -12 -3.8% 5,256 16.7%
TOTAL 1,485 100% 1,426 100% -59 -4.0% 31,394 100%
Transmission (Male)
MSM 704 60.4% 643 57.5% -61 -8.7% 15,565 59.5%
Injection Drug Use (IDU) 183 15.7% 138 12.3% -45 -24.6% 5,540 21.2%
MSM/IDU 57 4.9% 53 4.7% -4 -7.0% 1,940 7.4%
Heterosexual Contact 79 6.8% 74 6.6% -5 -6.3% 1,119

4.3%

Blood Trans/Hemophilia 7 0.6% 8 0.7% 1 14.3% 423 1.6%
Perinatal 2 0.2% 1 0.1% -1 -50% 114 0.4%
Unknown 134 11.5% 202 18.1% 68 50.7% 1,437 5.5%
TOTAL 1,166 100% 1,119 100% -47 -4.0% 26,138 100%
Transmission (Female)
Injection Drug Use (IDU) 91 28.5% 72 23.8% -19 -20.9% 2,339 44.5%
Heterosexual Contact 158 49.5% 146 47.6% -12 -7.6% 2,095 39.9%
Blood Trans/Hemophilia 4 1.3% 10 3.3% 6 150% 159 3.0%
Perinatal 2 0.6% 2 0.7% 0 0.0% 137 2.6%
Unknown 64 20.1% 77 25.1% 13 20.3% 526 10.0%
TOTAL 319 100% 307 100% -12 -3.8% 5,256 100%
Geography
Metropolitan Chicago** 1,319 88.8% 1,238 86.8% -81 -6.1% 27,670 88.1%
Chicago*** 1,019 68.6% 912 64.0% -107 -10.5% 21,908 69.8%
Downstate 166 11.2% 188 13.2% 22 13.3% 3,724 11.9%
TOTAL 1,485 100% 1,426 100% -59 -4.0% 31,394 100%
*  Based on federal standards for classifying data on race and ethnicity effective January 1,2003 Hispanic is reported as an ethnicity instead of race.
**  Includes Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties
***  Chicago is included in Metropolitan Chicago cases




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