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Statewide Reported Cases

Category Reported Cases 1995 Percent 1995 Percent 1996 Reported Cases 1996 Difference Percent Change
Race Ethnicity
White, not Hispanic 754 34% 31% 694 -60 -8%
Black, not Hispanic 1,143 52% 56% 1,240 97 8%
Hispanic 272 12% 12% 257 -15 -6%
Asian/Native American 17 1% 1% 20 3 18%
Unknown 0 0% 0% 1 1 0%
TOTAL 2,186 100% 100% 2,212 26 1%
Gender
Male 1,790 82% 83% 1,838 48 3%
Female 396 18% 17% 374 -22 -6%
TOTAL 2,186 100% 100% 2,212 26 1%
Transmission (Male)
MSM* 942 53% 52% 961 19 2%
Injection Drug Use (IDU) 503 28% 28% 510 7 1%
MSM/IDU 80 4% 4% 79 -1 -1%
Hemophilia 14 1% 1% 15 1 7%
Heterosexual Contact 115 6% 4% 79 -36 -31%
Blood Transfusion 8 0% 0% 5 -3 -38%
Parent At Risk 7 0% 1% 10 3 43%
Unknown 121 7% 10% 179 58 48%
TOTAL 1,790 100% 100% 1,838 48 3%
Transmission (Female)
Injection Drug Use (IDU) 193 49% 47% 175 -18 -9%
Hemophilia 1 0% 0% 0 -1 0%
Heterosexual Contact 135 34% 28% 104 -31 -23%
Blood Transfusion 5 1% 1% 3 -2 -40%
Parent At Risk 16 4% 3% 13 -3 -19%
Unknown 46 12% 21% 79 33 72%
TOTAL 396 100% 100% 374 -22 -6%
Geography
Metro Chicago** 1,876 86% 84% 1,861 -15 -1%
Chicago*** 1,510 69% 71% 1,567 57 4%
Downstate 310 14% 16% 351 41 13%
TOTAL 2,186 100% 100% 2,212 26 1%
* 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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