Surveillance Supplemental Report

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Atlanta, Georgia 30333

Volume 8, Number 1

Deaths 

among Persons with AIDS 

through December 2000
The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Supplemental Report is published by the Surveillance Branch of the Division of HIV/AIDS

Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This

report describes deaths among persons with AIDS and HIV-related deaths through the end of 2000. All data in this

report are provisional.

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Suggested Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Deaths among Persons with AIDS through 

December 2000, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Supplemental Report, 2002;8(No. 1):[inclusive 

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Commentary

By the end of 2000, over 450,000 deaths among

persons with AIDS in the United States and territories

had been reported to the Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention. This report describes deaths among

persons with AIDS, by year of death, age group, geographic area, exposure category, and race/ethnicity.

Deaths among persons with AIDS can be attributable

to any cause of death, not necessarily HIV-related disease. This report also includes death certificate data

collected by the National Center for Health Statistics

on the leading causes of death, including HIV disease

in the general population.

The number of deaths in persons with AIDS increased each year from the beginning of the epidemic

until 1995, reflecting the increase in incidence through

the 1980s and early 1990s. Declines in the number of

deaths in 1996 and 1997 were considerably greater

than expected if based only on the decrease in incidence. The introduction of highly active antiretroviral

therapy (HAART) in 1996 had a dramatic effect on the

survival time of persons with HIV infection and AIDS

(figures 1 and 2), resulting in large increases in the

number of persons living with HIV and AIDS. Decreases over the past several years in the number of

deaths among persons with HIV and AIDS are evident

in all geographic and demographic groups in the United States.

The decrease in the number of deaths among persons with AIDS was first evident in 1994 among

whites and Asian/Pacific Islanders and the following

year among all other racial/ethnic groups (figures 4

and 5), and both men and women (figure 6). Declines

in deaths somewhat reflect differential declines in

AIDS incidence among persons in the different exposure categories. Stratified by category of exposure to

HIV (figure 8), the number of reported deaths first began to decrease in 1990 among persons exposed

through blood transfusions, blood components, or tissue, followed by decreases in 1994 among men exposed through receipt of clotting factor. In 1995 and

1996 decreases in deaths were seen among persons

with AIDS exposed through heterosexual contact.

Deaths in states in the West and U.S. territories began

to decrease one year before those in the other regions

(figure 9). 

Data from the National Vital Statistics System show

that from 1992 through 1995, HIV infection was the

eighth leading cause of death among all persons in

the United States. In 2000, HIV infection was the 18th

leading cause of death. In selected demographic

groups, HIV remains a high ranking cause of death.

Among persons 25-44 years old, HIV was the most

common cause of death in 1994 and 1995. In 2000, it

was the 5th leading cause of death, after unintentional

injury, cancer, heart disease, and suicide in this age

group (figure 10).

Despite overall declines in mortality among persons with HIV/AIDS, mortality rates vary by region and

race (table 3) and age group and race (table 6). Addressing disparities in care, preventing secondary

transmission, and meeting the social and medical

needs of persons living with HIV or AIDS remain public health challenges. 

Additional reading:

Fleming PL, Ward JW, Karon JM, Hanson DL, DeCock KM. Declines in AIDS incidence and deaths in

the USA: a signal change in the epidemic. AIDS.

1998;112(supp A):S55-S61.

Karon JM, Fleming PL, Steketee RW, De Cock KM.

HIV in the United States at the turn of the century: an

epidemic in transition. Am J Public Health.

2001;91:1060-1068.

Lee LM, Karon JM, Selik R, Neal JJ, Fleming PL.

Survival after AIDS diagnosis in adolescents and

adults during the treatment era, United States, 1984-

1997. JAMA. 2001;285:1308-15.

Public use slides on mortality among persons with

HIV/AIDS are available at: www.cdc.gov/hiv/graphics/

mortalit.htm

Information about cause-of-death data from death

certificates is available at:

www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/mortdata.htm
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Figure 1. Proportion of AIDS patients surviving at least 1 year after diagnosis of their first 

AIDS-defining opportunistic illness, by year of diagnosis of opportunistic illness, 

1984–2000, United States

Figure 2. Cumulative proportion of AIDS patients surviving, by number of months after 

diagnosis of first AIDS-defining opportunistic illness, for different years of 

diagnosis, 1984–2000, United States
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Table 1. AIDS cases reported through December 2000 by age at diagnosis, and persons 

reported to be living with AIDS as of December 20001, by area of residence at AIDS diagnosis,

United States

AIDS cases 

by age at diagnosis

Persons living with AIDS2

by age as of December 2000

Area of 

residence

Adults/

adolescents

Children 

<13 years old Total3 Adults/

adolescents

Children 

<13 years old Total4

Alabama 6,196 72 6,268 3,076 17 3,093

Alaska 472 5 477 221 1 222

Arizona 7,389 39 7,428 3,153 8 3,161

Arkansas 2,939 38 2,977 1,606 20 1,626

California 119,021 607 119,628 42,331 153 42,484

Colorado 7,066 29 7,095 2,893 1 2,894

Connecticut 11,386 176 11,562 5,678 58 5,736

Delaware 2,558 22 2,580 1,158 13 1,171

District of Columbia 12,930 171 13,101 6,314 82 6,396

Florida 78,830 1,401 80,231 34,306 466 34,772

Georgia 22,608 212 22,820 9,898 85 9,983

Hawaii 2,445 16 2,461 977 5 982

Idaho 495 2 497 220 0 220

Illinois 24,732 269 25,001 9,545 106 9,651

Indiana 6,097 41 6,138 2,622 13 2,635

Iowa 1,307 9 1,316 562 4 566

Kansas 2,354 12 2,366 964 2 966

Kentucky 3,317 26 3,343 1,594 14 1,608

Louisiana 12,493 125 12,618 5,256 48 5,304

Maine 947 9 956 439 5 444

Maryland 21,380 301 21,681 9,693 129 9,822

Massachusetts 16,045 206 16,251 6,687 57 6,744

Michigan 11,207 107 11,314 4,417 23 4,440

Minnesota 3,739 23 3,762 1,604 9 1,613

Mississippi 4,406 55 4,461 2,031 23 2,054

Missouri 9,154 57 9,211 4,193 16 4,209

Montana 323 3 326 164 0 164

Nebraska 1,084 10 1,094 467 4 471

Nevada 4,386 27 4,413 2,038 10 2,048

New Hampshire 871 9 880 474 4 478

New Jersey 41,317 748 42,065 14,432 182 14,614

New Mexico 2,037 8 2,045 937 6 943

New York 139,634 2,241 141,875 52,164 499 52,663

North Carolina 10,295 116 10,411 4,483 37 4,520

North Dakota 106 1 107 43 1 44

Ohio 11,253 121 11,374 4,431 36 4,467

Oklahoma 3,762 26 3,788 1,546 6 1,552

Oregon 4,781 17 4,798 2,008 5 2,013

Pennsylvania 24,243 325 24,568 11,042 152 11,194

Rhode Island 2,032 21 2,053 876 6 882

South Carolina 9,428 79 9,507 4,605 25 4,630

South Dakota 162 4 166 69 1 70

Tennessee 8,513 52 8,565 4,589 17 4,606

Texas 53,537 380 53,917 22,864 123 22,987

Utah 1,952 21 1,973 977 3 980

Vermont 397 6 403 193 2 195

Virginia 12,899 169 13,068 5,668 69 5,737

Washington 9,443 35 9,478 4,004 11 4,015

West Virginia 1,068 9 1,077 453 4 457

Wisconsin 3,547 29 3,576 1,510 11 1,521

Wyoming 184 3 187 75 2 77

U.S. dependencies, possessions, and associated nations

Guam 46 0 46 22 0 22

Pacific Islands, U.S. 4 0 4 2 0 2

Puerto Rico 24,491 388 24,879 8,809 88 8,897

Virgin Islands, U.S. 466 17 483 212 6 218

Total 764,439 8,902 773,341 310,972 2,674 313,646

1Data reported through June 30, 2001.

2Persons reported with vital status "alive" as of the last update. Excludes persons whose vital status is unknown. 3Includes 672 persons whose area of residence at AIDS diagnosis is unknown.

4Includes 383 persons whose area of residence at AIDS diagnosis is unknown.
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Table 2. Estimated1 number of deaths in persons with AIDS and death rates per 100,000 

population in 2000, and cumulative deaths through December 2000, by age and area of 

residence at death, United States

Deaths in 2000

by age at death

Cumulative deaths through 2000

by age at death

Area of 

residence

Adults/

adolescents

Children 

<13 years old Total2 Death rate per 100,000

Adults/

adolescents

Children 

<13 years old Total3

Alabama 177 2 180 4.0 3,335 46 3,380

Alaska 3 0 3 0.5 255 3 258

Arizona 129 2 131 2.5 4,482 26 4,509

Arkansas 21 0 21 0.8 1,421 15 1,436

California 1,538 2 1,540 4.5 71,974 336 72,310

Colorado 113 0 113 2.6 4,059 20 4,079

Connecticut 160 0 160 4.7 5,836 96 5,932

Delaware 90 0 90 11.5 1,384 10 1,394

District of Columbia 150 2 152 26.6 7,619 110 7,729

Florida 2,101 9 2,110 13.2 43,683 751 44,434

Georgia 636 1 638 7.8 13,062 111 13,173

Hawaii 33 1 34 2.8 1,524 8 1,532

Idaho 11 0 11 0.8 308 2 310

Illinois 504 2 506 4.1 15,409 127 15,536

Indiana 117 0 117 1.9 3,593 20 3,613

Iowa 31 0 31 1.1 884 6 890

Kansas 30 0 30 1.1 1,433 6 1,439

Kentucky 55 0 55 1.4 1,894 8 1,902

Louisiana 361 1 362 8.1 7,643 63 7,706

Maine 8 0 8 0.6 592 1 593

Maryland 607 0 607 11.5 11,062 120 11,183

Massachusetts 169 3 171 2.7 8,980 116 9,096

Michigan 301 0 301 3.0 7,059 68 7,128

Minnesota 77 0 77 1.6 2,235 11 2,246

Mississippi 174 0 174 6.1 2,497 27 2,524

Missouri 181 0 181 3.2 5,079 38 5,117

Montana 4 0 4 0.4 195 5 200

Nebraska 30 0 30 1.8 679 5 684

Nevada 131 0 131 6.5 2,382 15 2,397

New Hampshire 10 0 10 0.8 468 5 473

New Jersey 1,002 6 1,007 12.0 26,272 433 26,705

New Mexico 41 0 41 2.3 1,150 1 1,151

New York 2,216 7 2,223 11.7 87,377 1,388 88,766

North Carolina 309 1 311 3.9 6,390 72 6,462

North Dakota 9 0 9 1.3 96 0 96

Ohio 137 0 137 1.2 7,444 70 7,515

Oklahoma 71 0 71 2.1 2,316 16 2,332

Oregon 92 0 92 2.7 3,019 8 3,027

Pennsylvania 388 1 389 3.2 13,882 141 14,024

Rhode Island 51 0 51 4.8 1,189 13 1,202

South Carolina 249 0 249 6.2 5,001 48 5,050

South Dakota 5 0 5 0.7 132 2 134

Tennessee 255 1 256 4.5 4,202 33 4,235

Texas 1,050 2 1,052 5.0 30,970 211 31,181

Utah 39 0 39 1.7 1,017 13 1,030

Vermont 4 0 4 0.7 234 4 238

Virginia 401 1 402 5.7 7,254 59 7,313

Washington 121 1 122 2.1 5,261 15 5,276

West Virginia 26 0 26 1.4 738 5 743

Wisconsin 101 0 101 1.9 2,196 18 2,214

Wyoming 5 0 5 1.0 100 0 100

U.S. dependencies, possessions and associated nations

Guam 0 0 0 0.0 29 0 29

Pacific Islands, U.S. 0 0 0 0.0 5 0 5

Puerto Rico 693 5 698 18.3 16,727 213 16,940

Virgin Islands, U.S. 5 0 5 0.0 241 7 248

Total 15,237 51 15,288 454,562 4,956 459,518

1Data are adjusted for delays in the reporting of cases and deaths.

2Includes 16 cases whose area of residence at death and diagnosis is a foreign country or unknown; totals may not equal the sum of the rows or columns due to rounding.

3Includes 298 cases whose area of residence at death and diagnosis is a foreign country or unknown; totals may not equal the sum of the rows or columns due to rounding.
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Table 3. Estimated1 number of deaths in adults/adolescents with AIDS and death rates per 

100,000 population in 1999, and cumulative deaths through December 2000, by division of 

residence at death and race/ethnicity, United States

Division of residence Race/ethnicity Deaths in 19992 Death rate/100,0003

Cumulative deaths 

through 20004

New England White 266 2.49 9,967

 Black 141 26.14 4,573

 Hispanic 138 23.23 2,629

 Asian/Pacific Islander 2 — 45

 American Indian/Alaska Native 3 — 40

Mid-Atlantic White 802 3.21 40,278

 Black 2,573 63.06 57,018

Hispanic 1,075 32.88 29,412

 Asian/Pacific Islander 21 1.54 599

 American Indian/Alaska Native 0 — 49

East North Central White 463 1.44 19,097

 Black 750 17.57 14,207

 Hispanic 84 5.29 2,191

 Asian/Pacific Islander 4 — 112

 American Indian/Alaska Native 1 — 68

West North Central White 240 1.61 7,926

Black 115 13.67 2,115

 Hispanic 17 4.64 342

 Asian/Pacific Islander 2 — 30

 American Indian/Alaska Native 8 4.81 116

South Atlantic White 1,091 3.48 35,894

 Black 3,252 36.46 52,633

 Hispanic 286 10.20 7,310

 Asian/Pacific Islander 15 1.58 179

 American Indian/Alaska Native 4 — 111

East South Central White 203 1.75 6,383

 Black 386 14.02 5,431

 Hispanic 2 — 85

 Asian/Pacific Islander 1 — 15

 American Indian/Alaska Native 0 — 7

West South Central White 672 4.04 24,610

 Black 754 20.99 11,959

 Hispanic 241 4.94 5,464

 Asian/Pacific Islander 5 0.80 101

 American Indian/Alaska Native 9 2.59 180

Mountain White 296 2.56 10,232

 Black 78 18.86 1,180

 Hispanic 137 5.24 1,976

 Asian/Pacific Islander 5 1.47 70

 American Indian/Alaska Native 22 4.82 219

Pacific White 1,189 5.25 54,960

 Black 451 20.87 11,895

 Hispanic 452 5.10 12,689

 Asian/Pacific Islander 56 1.33 1,902

 American Indian/Alaska Native 26 6.86 449

Puerto Rico White 2 — 87

and territories5 Black 11 — 181

 Hispanic 704 — 16,698

 Asian/Pacific Islander 2 — 24

 American Indian/Alaska Native 0 — 0

1Data are adjusted for delays in the reporting of cases and deaths.

2Eleven persons reported with a foreign country or unknown area of death and 9 persons missing race/ethnicity data have been excluded.

3Rates are not presented for subpopulations with fewer than 5 cases.

4294 persons reported with a foreign country or unknown area of death and 252 persons missing race/ethnicity data have been excluded.

5Race-specific denominators are not available for Puerto Rico and U.S. territories.
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Table 4. Estimated1 number of deaths in adults/adolescents with AIDS, by sex, 

exposure category, and division of residence at death2, for cumulative deaths through December 2000, and deaths in 2000, United States 

 

Male Female

Division of 

residence Exposure category3

Deaths 

through 2000 (%)

Deaths 

in 2000

Deaths 

through 2000 (%)

Deaths 

in 2000

New England MSM 7,226 (51) 77 — — —

 IDU 4,918 (35) 165 1,757 (57) 75

 MSM-IDU 817 (6) 24 — — —

 Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 207 (1) 5 9 (0) 0

 Heterosexual contact 676 (5) 20 1,136 (37) 29

 Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue 153 (1) 1 116 (4) 0

 Risk not reported or identified 185 (1) 0 75 (2) 1

Mid-Atlantic MSM 43,359 (43) 678 — — —

 IDU 45,338 (45) 1,353 16,102 (60) 635

 MSM-IDU 6,009 (6) 131 — — —

 Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 706 (1) 16 163 (1) 10

 Heterosexual contact 3,829 (4) 280 9,824 (37) 456

 Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue 660 (1) 10 549 (2) 20

 Risk not reported or identified 623 (1) 7 280 (1) 1

East North Central MSM 22,125 (70) 532 — — —

 IDU 5,239 (17) 207 2,032 (51) 117

 MSM-IDU 2,478 (8) 110 — — —

 Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 536 (2) 14 7 (0) 0

 Heterosexual contact 905 (3) 43 1,686 (42) 120

 Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue 293 (1) 7 214 (5) 4

 Risk not reported or identified 123 (0) 2 38 (1) 3

West North Central MSM 7,537 (77) 204 — — —

 IDU 734 (8) 37 220 (29) 15

 MSM-IDU 899 (9) 44 — — —

 Hemohilia/coagulation disorder 267 (3) 9 2 (0) 0

Heterosexual contact 186 (2) 14 435 (57) 35

Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue 109 (1) 2 88 (12) 0

Risk not reported or identified 41 (0) 1 15 (2) 0

 

South Atlantic MSM 47,086 (60) 1,587 — — —

 IDU 16,933 (21) 880 7,125 (42) 453

 MSM-IDU 6,077 (8) 260 — — —

 Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 531 (1) 13 24 (0) 0

 Heterosexual contact 6,681 (8) 514 8,972 (52) 790

 Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue 1,083 (1) 32 829 (5) 23

 Risk not reported or identified 576 (1) 7 228 (1) 5

East South Central MSM 7,073 (68) 291 — — —

 IDU 1,207 (12) 86 465 (31) 41

 MSM-IDU 1,057 (10) 53 — — —

 Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 196 (2) 5 3 (0) 0

 Heterosexual contact 710 (7) 88 959 (63) 93

 Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue 141 (1) 2 91 (6) 1

 Risk not reported or identified 9 (0) 1 9 (1) 0

 
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Male Female

Division of 

residence Exposure category3

Deaths 

through 2000 (%)

Deaths 

in 2000

Deaths 

through 2000 (%)

Deaths 

in 2000

West South Central MSM 27,402 (71) 697 — — —

 IDU 4,487 (12) 248 1,531 (40) 116

 MSM-IDU 4,346 (11) 161 — — —

 Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 301 (1) 4 11 (0) 0

 Heterosexual contact 1,410 (4) 110 1,929 (51) 154

 Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue 526 (1) 7 295 (8) 4

 Risk not reported or identified 66 (0) 2 23 (1) 1

Mountain MSM 9,407 (74) 273 — — —

 IDU 1,209 (10) 58 460 (46) 29

 MSM-IDU 1,495 (12) 58 — — —

 Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 178 (1) 5 2 (0) 0

 Heterosexual contact 216 (2) 14 424 (43) 27

 Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue 151 (1) 1 97 (10) 3

 Risk not reported or identified 32 (0) 1 11 (1) 0

Pacific MSM 60,692 (79) 1,016 — — —

IDU 5,777 (7) 222 1,964 (42) 114

 MSM-IDU 8,093 (10) 232 — — —

 Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 486 (1) 9 21 (1) 0

 Heterosexual contact 1,029 (1) 62 2,103 (44) 93

 Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue 898 (1) 13 573 (12) 11

 Risk not reported or identified 285 (0) 8 77 (2) 3

Puerto Rico MSM 3,018 (22) 99 — — —

and territories IDU 7,524 (56) 300 1,418 (41) 67

 MSM-IDU 1,358 (10) 52 — — —

 Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 41 (0) 1 7 (0) 0

 Heterosexual contact 1,499 (11) 76 1,949 (56) 101

 Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue 74 (1) 0 98 (3) 1

 Risk not reported or identified 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 1

1Data are adjusted for delays in the reporting of cases and deaths, and the redistribution of cases initially reported with no identified risk.

2247 men and 47 women whose division of residence at death and AIDS diagnosis is unknown are excluded.

3MSM=men who have sex with men; IDU=injection drug use; MSM-IDU=men who have sex with men and inject drugs.

Table 4. Estimated1 number of deaths in adults/adolescents with AIDS, by sex, 

exposure category, and division of residence at death2, for cumulative deaths through December 2000, and deaths in 2000, United States — continued
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Table 5. Estimated1 number of deaths in adults/adolescents with AIDS, by sex, race/

ethnicity, and exposure category, for deaths in 2000 and cumulative through December 2000, 

United States

Male Female

Race/ethnicity 

and exposure category2

Deaths 

in 2000

Deaths 

through 2000

Deaths 

in 2000

Deaths 

through 2000

White, not Hispanic

MSM 2,649 151,573 — —

IDU 557 17,810 335 6,722

MSM-IDU 454 16,473 — —

Hemophilia 57 2,652 1 87

Heterosexual contact 149 3,238 273 6,190

Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue

38 2,737 13 1,537

Risk not reported or identified 7 365 4 135

Total 3,911 194,848 626 14,671

Black, not Hispanic

MSM 1,965 51,298 — —

IDU 2,030 48,581 1,046 19,816

MSM-IDU 459 10,638 — —

Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 15 431 7 107

Heterosexual contact 846 10,101 1,289 16,555

Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue

29 818 41 953

Risk not reported or identified 18 1,387 10 584

Total 5,364 123,255 2,393 38,016

Hispanic

MSM 780 29,284 — —

IDU 943 26,549 269 6,357

MSM-IDU 200 5,226 — —

Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 8 311 3 52

Heterosexual contact 217 3,657 324 6,431

Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue

7 442 11 391

Risk not reported or identified 6 183 3 33

Total 2,160 65,651 610 13,264

Asian/Pacific Islander

MSM 43 2,158 — —

IDU 11 221 5 72

MSM-IDU 3 117 — —

Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 1 39 0 2

Heterosexual contact 9 121 12 174

Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue

1 82 2 65

Risk not reported or identified 0 23 0 8

Total 69 2,761 20 322

American Indian/Alaska Native

MSM 20 634 — —

IDU 14 166 7 100

MSM-IDU 7 180 — —

Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 0 17 0 1

Heterosexual contact 2 32 5 86

Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue

0 9 1 11

Risk not reported or identified 0 2 0 4

Total 43 1,039 14 202

Unknown race/ethnicity

MSM 2 149 — —

IDU 0 55 0 13

MSM-IDU 2 9 — —

Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 0 2 0 0

Heterosexual contact 0 12 0 6

Receipt of blood transfusion, 

blood components, or tissue

04 01

Risk not reported or identified 0 1 0 0

Total 5 232 0 20

1Data adjusted for delays in the reporting of cases and deaths and redistribution of risk for cases initially reported without risk information. Columns may not

sum to totals due to rounding.

2MSM=men who have sex with men; IDU=injection drug use; MSM-IDU=men who have sex with men and inject drugs.
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Table 6. Estimated1 number of deaths in adults/adolescents with AIDS and death rates per

100,000 population for 1999, and cumulative deaths through December 2000, by race/

ethnicity, sex, and age at death, United States

Male Female

Race/ethnicity 

and age at death2

Deaths

in 1999

Rate per

100,000

Deaths

in 1999

Rate per

100,000

Cumulative deaths 

through 2000

White, not Hispanic

<13 7 0.04 4 0.03 1,106

13-19 7 0.08 3 0.04 410

20-29 139 1.14 50 0.42 18,119

30-39 1,453 9.80 273 1.84 89,460

40-49 1,773 11.40 259 1.66 67,421

50-59 867 7.65 82 0.69 23,919

60+ 285 1.78 37 0.18 10,103

All ages 4,531 4.72 710 0.71 210,538

Black, not Hispanic

<13 33 0.89 24 0.66 2,829

13-19 14 0.69 16 0.82 409

20-29 285 11.65 252 9.76 17,149

30-39 1,675 67.92 896 31.95 66,494

40-49 2,428 110.46 978 38.18 52,680

50-59 1,108 87.74 323 20.32 17,402

60+ 418 27.38 139 6.11 7,232

All ages 5,960 38.03 2,628 15.09 164,195

Hispanic

<13 8 0.20 14 0.34 1,188

13-19 5 0.26 5 0.28 203

20-29 134 4.93 53 2.10 9,012

30-39 827 30.57 267 10.49 35,101

40-49 926 48.38 273 14.30 23,797

50-59 347 33.28 107 9.33 7,705

60+ 177 15.81 27 1.86 3,151

All ages 2,424 15.38 746 4.79 80,156

Asian/Pacific Islander

<13 0 0.00 1 0.10 35

13-19 0 0.00 0 0.00 11

20-29 5 0.64 2 0.25 245

30-39 28 3.35 4 0.45 1,234

40-49 46 6.23 6 0.76 1,029

50-59 12 2.64 3 0.65 389

60+ 4 0.89 1 0.17 176

All ages 96 1.96 18 0.34 3,119

American Indian/Alaska Native

<13 0 0.00 0 0.00 18

13-19 0 0.00 0 0.00 5

20-29 3 2.06 1 0.65 146

30-39 20 13.22 7 4.68 607

40-49 24 18.08 6 3.98 361

50-59 7 8.80 1 1.46 93

60+ 1 1.15 2 2.02 32

All ages 55 5.57 17 1.69 1,261

All racial/ethnic groups2

<13 48 0.19 43 0.17 5,177

13-19 27 0.19 25 0.19 1,037

20-29 565 3.10 359 1.99 44,691

30-39 4,003 19.07 1,447 6.80 192,988

40-49 5,196 25.30 1,522 7.22 145,387

50-59 2,341 16.51 517 3.41 49,538

60+ 885 4.59 207 0.80 20,706

All ages 13,066 9.80 4,120 2.96 459,523

1Data are adjusted for delays in the reporting of cases and deaths. Columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

2Data tabulated under "all racial/ethnic groups" include 254 persons whose race/ethnicity is unknown.
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Figure 3. Estimated1 adult/adolescent AIDS incidence and deaths, by quarter-year of

diagnosis or death, 1985-2000, United States

1Data are adjusted for delays in the reporting of cases and deaths.

Figure 4. Estimated1 adult/adolescent deaths among persons with AIDS, by race/ethnicity 

and quarter-year of death, 1985-2000, United States

1Data are adjusted for delays in the reporting of deaths; excludes approximately 250 cases with unknown race/ethnicity.
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Figure 5. Estimated1 adult/adolescent deaths among Asian/Pacific Islander and American 

Indian/Alaska Native persons with AIDS, by race/ethnicity and quarter-year of 

death, 1985-2000, United States

1Data are adjusted for delays in the reporting of deaths.

Figure 6. Estimated1 adult/adolescent AIDS incidence and deaths, by sex and quarter-year 

of diagnosis or death, 1985-2000, United States

1Data are adjusted for delays in the reporting of cases or deaths.
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Figure 7. Estimated1 adult/adolescent deaths among men with AIDS, by risk exposure2 and 

half-year of death, 1985-2000, United States

1Data are adjusted for delays in the reporting of deaths and the redistribution of cases initially reported without risk information.

2Excludes approximately 1960 cases with other or unknown risk exposures, see technical notes.

Figure 8. Estimated1 adult/adolescent deaths among women with AIDS, by risk exposure2

and half-year of death, 1985-2000, United States

1Data are adjusted for delays in the reporting of deaths and the redistribution of cases initially reported without risk information.

2Excludes approximately 1,010 cases with other or unknown risk exposures, see technical notes.
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Figure 9. Estimated1 adult/adolescent deaths among persons with AIDS, by region of

residence at death and quarter-year of death, 1985-2000, United States

1Data are adjusted for delays in the reporting of deaths; excludes approximately 360 cases with the place of death reported as a foreign country or 

unknown, see technical notes.
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Table 7. Number of deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates per 100,000 for the 10 

leading causes of deaths among persons 25-34 and 35-44 years of age, by race/ethnicity and 

sex, United States, 2000

Male Female

Rank Cause of death Number

Percent 

of total 

deaths

Death 

rate Rank Cause of death Number

Percent 

of total

deaths

Death 

rate

White, not Hispanic — 25–34 years

1 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 5,861 36.8 46.8

1 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 1,869 25.8 14.9

2 Intentional self-harm 2,989 18.8 23.9 2 Malignant neoplasms 1,340 18.5 10.7

3 Malignant neoplasms 1,259 7.9 10.1 3 Intentional self-harm 669 9.2 5.3

4 Diseases of heart 1,115 7.0 8.9 4 Diseases of heart 538 7.4 4.3

5 Assault (homicide) 677 4.2 5.4 5 Assault (homicide) 346 4.8 2.8

6 Human immunodeficiency 

virus disease 475 3.0 3.8

6

7

Cerebrovascular diseases

Human immunodeficiency

152 2.1 1.2

7

8

Diabetes mellitus

Congenital malformations, 

220 1.4 1.8

8

virus disease

Congenital malformations,

144 2.0 1.1

9

deformations and 

chromosomal abnormalities

Cerebrovascular diseases

203

161

1.3

1.0

1.6

1.3 9

deformations and 

chromosomal abnormalities

Diabetes mellitus

141

137

1.9

1.9

1.1

1.1

10 Chronic liver disease 

and cirrhosis 140 0.9 1.1

10 Influenza and pneumonia 102 1.4 0.8

Black, not Hispanic — 25–34 years

1

2

Assault (homicide)

Accidents 

1,883 28.3 80.4 1 Human immunodeficiency

virus disease 592 17.1 22.7

3

(unintentional injuries)

Human immunodeficiency

1,316 19.8 56.2 2 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 424 12.3 16.3

virus disease 822 12.4 35.1 3 Diseases of heart 386 11.2 14.8

4 Diseases of heart 543 8.2 23.2 4 Malignant neoplasms 382 11.1 14.7

5 Intentional self-harm 397 6.0 17.0 5 Assault (homicide) 310 9.0 11.9

6 Malignant neoplasms 259 3.9 11.1 6 Diabetes mellitus 89 2.6 3.4

7 Diabetes mellitus 98 1.5 4.2 7 Cerebrovascular diseases 88 2.5 3.4

8

8

Cerebrovascular diseases

Chronic lower respiratory 

diseases

70

70

1.1

1.1

3.0

3.0

8

9

10

Intentional self-harm

Anemias

Pregnancy, childbirth and 

72

69

2.1

2.0

2.8

2.6

10 Septicemia 59 0.9 2.5 the puerperium 65 1.9 2.5

Hispanic — 25–34 years

1 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 1,499 35.7 55.4

1 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 277 21.2 10.8

2 Assault (homicide) 697 16.6 25.7 2 Malignant neoplasms 235 18.0 9.1

3 Intentional self-harm 370 8.8 13.7 3 Assault (homicide) 113 8.6 4.4

4 Human immunodeficiency 

virus disease 274 6.5 10.1

4 Human immunodeficiency 

virus disease 91 7.0 3.5

5 Malignant neoplasms 241 5.7 8.9 5 Diseases of heart 81 6.2 3.1

6 Diseases of heart 199 4.7 7.3 6 Intentional self-harm 50 3.8 1.9

7 Chronic liver disease 

and cirrhosis 82 2.0 3.0

7

8

Cerebrovascular diseases

Pregnancy, childbirth and 

43 3.3 1.7

8

9

10

Cerebrovascular diseases

Diabetes mellitus

Influenza and pneumonia

65

48

27

1.5

1.1

0.6

2.4

1.8

1.0

9

10

the puerperium

Influenza and pneumonia

Congenital malformations, 

36

20

21

2.8

1.5

1.6

1.4

0.8

0.8

deformations and 

chromosomal abnormalities
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Asian/Pacific Islander — 25–34 years

1 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 178 30.2 19.0

1

2

Malignant neoplasms

Accidents 

90 29.3 8.9

2 Intentional self-harm 114 19.3 12.2 (unintentional injuries) 63 20.5 6.2

3 Malignant neoplasms 79 13.4 8.4 3 Intentional self-harm 40 13.0 3.9

4 Assault (homicide) 48 8.1 5.1 4 Assault (homicide) 19 6.2 *

5 Diseases of heart 43 7.3 4.6 5 Diseases of heart 17 5.5 *

6 Human immunodeficiency

virus disease 13 2.2 *

6

6

Cerebrovascular diseases

Pregnancy, childbirth and

5 1.6 *

7

8

8

Cerebrovascular diseases

Chronic lower respiratory 

diseases

Chronic liver disease 

12

6

2.0

1.0

*

*

6

the puerperium

Congenital malformations, 

deformations and 

chromosomal abnormalities

5

5

1.6

1.6

*

*

and cirrhosis 6 1.0 * 9 Chronic lower respiratory 

10

10

10

10

Diabetes mellitus

Influenza and pneumonia

Nephritis, nephrotic 

syndrome and nephrosis

Congenital malformations,

4

4

4

0.7

0.7

0.7

*

*

*

10

diseases

Diabetes mellitus

4

3

1.3

1.0

*

*

deformations and 

chromosomal abnormalities 4 0.7 *

10 Legal intervention 4 0.7 *

American Indian — 25–34 years

1 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 172 42.0 89.1

1 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 67 36.0 36.6

2 Intentional self-harm 59 14.4 30.6 2 Intentional self-harm 19 10.2 *

3

4

Assault (homicide)

Chronic liver disease 

46 11.2 23.8 3 Chronic liver disease 

and cirrhosis 16 8.6 *

and cirrhosis 23 5.6 11.9 4 Malignant neoplasms 13 7.0 *

5 Diseases of heart 16 3.9 * 4 Assault (homicide) 13 7.0 *

6 Malignant neoplasms 13 3.2 * 6 Diseases of heart 8 4.3 *

7

8

Diabetes mellitus

Human immunodeficiency 

6 1.5 * 7

8

Cerebrovascular diseases

Pregnancy, childbirth and

5 2.7 *

virus disease 5 1.2 * the puerperium 4 2.2 *

9

9

Influenza and pneumonia

Chronic lower respiratory 

diseases

3

3

0.7

0.7

*

*

9

10

Human immunodeficiency 

virus disease

Viral hepatitis

3

2

1.6

1.1

*

*

10 Influenza and pneumonia 2 1.1 *

White, not Hispanic — 35–44 years

1 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 8,113 21.6 50.0

1

2

Malignant neoplasms

Accidents 

6,257 30.4 38.7

2 Diseases of heart 6,446 17.1 39.7 (unintentional injuries) 2,895 14.0 17.9

3 Malignant neoplasms 5,201 13.8 32.1 3 Diseases of heart 2,297 11.1 14.2

4 Intentional self-harm 4,287 11.4 26.4 4 Intentional self-harm 1,253 6.1 7.7

5

6

Human immunodeficiency 

virus disease

Chronic liver disease 

1,678 4.5 10.3

5

6

Chronic liver disease

and cirrhosis

Cerebrovascular diseases

722

684

3.5

3.3

4.5

4.2

and cirrhosis 1,518 4.0 9.4 7 Diabetes mellitus 494 2.4 3.1

7 Assault (homicide) 836 2.2 5.2 8 Assault (homicide) 437 2.1 2.7

8

9

Diabetes mellitus

Cerebrovascular diseases

766

694

2.0

1.8

4.7

4.3

9 Human immunodeficiency 

virus disease 322 1.6 2.0

10 Influenza and pneumonia 394 1.0 2.4 10 Chronic lower respiratory 

diseases 303 1.5 1.9

Table 7. Number of deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates per 100,000 for the 10 

leading causes of deaths among persons 25-34 and 35-44 years of age, by race/ethnicity and 

sex, United States, 2000

Male Female

Rank Cause of death Number

Percent 

of total 

deaths

Death 

rate Rank Cause of death Number

Percent 

of total

deaths

Death 

rate
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Black, not Hispanic — 35–44 years

1 Human immunodeficiency

virus disease 2,060 17.1 81.4

1

2

Malignant neoplasms

Diseases of heart

1,780

1,287

21.7

15.7

61.8

44.7

2 Diseases of heart 1,972 16.4 77.9 3 Human immunodeficiency

3 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 1,649 13.7 65.1 4

virus disease

Accidents 

968 11.8 33.6

4 Malignant neoplasms 1,292 10.7 51.0 (unintentional injuries) 604 7.3 21.0

5 Assault (homicide) 1,027 8.5 40.6 5 Cerebrovascular diseases 435 5.3 15.1

6 Cerebrovascular diseases 394 3.3 15.6 6 Assault (homicide) 332 4.0 11.5

7 Intentional self-harm 346 2.9 13.7 7 Diabetes mellitus 206 2.5 7.2

8 Chronic liver disease 

and cirrhosis 279 2.3 11.0

8

9

Septicemia

Chronic liver disease 

167 2.0 5.8

9

10

Diabetes mellitus

Nephritis, nephrotic 

syndrome and nephrosis

252

175

2.1

1.5

10.0

6.9

10

and cirrhosis

Chronic lower respiratory 

diseases

144

143

1.8

1.7

5.0

5.0

Hispanic — 35–44 years

1 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 1,317 23.5 52.2

1

2

Malignant neoplasms

Accidents 

761 30.6 31.5

2 Human immunodeficiency 

virus disease 603 10.8 23.9 3

(unintentional injuries)

Diseases of heart

301

210

12.1

8.4

12.5

8.7

3

4

Diseases of heart

Malignant neoplasms

550

534

9.8

9.5

21.8

21.2

4 Human immunodeficiency

virus disease 159 6.4 6.6

5 Chronic liver disease 5 Cerebrovascular diseases 122 4.9 5.0

6

and cirrhosis

Assault (homicide)

399

359

7.1

6.4

15.8

14.2

6 Chronic liver disease 

and cirrhosis 102 4.1 4.2

7 Intentional self-harm 320 5.7 12.7 7 Assault (homicide) 88 3.5 3.6

8 Cerebrovascular diseases 145 2.6 5.7 8 Intentional self-harm 65 2.6 2.7

9 Viral hepatitis 100 1.8 4.0 9 Diabetes mellitus 59 2.4 2.4

10 Diabetes mellitus 95 1.7 3.8 10 Septicemia 33 1.3 1.4

Asian/Pacific Islander — 35–44 years

1 Malignant neoplasms 247 24.9 26.6 1 Malignant neoplasms 296 44.1 29.4

2

3

Diseases of heart

Accidents 

174 17.5 18.7 2 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 69 10.3 6.9

(unintentional injuries) 138 13.9 14.8 3 Cerebrovascular diseases 49 7.3 4.9

4 Intentional self-harm 85 8.6 9.1 4 Diseases of heart 48 7.2 4.8

5 Cerebrovascular diseases 47 4.7 5.1 5 Intentional self-harm 30 4.5 3.0

6 Assault (homicide) 45 4.5 4.8 6 Assault (homicide) 27 4.0 2.7

7 Chronic liver disease 

and cirrhosis 31 3.1 3.3

7

8

Influenza and pneumonia

Chronic lower respiratory 

11 1.6 *

8 Human immunodeficiency 

virus disease 25 2.5 2.7 9

diseases

Congenital malformations, 

10 1.5 *

9

9

Viral hepatitis

Diabetes mellitus

15

15

1.5

1.5

*

*

10

deformations and 

chromosomal abnormalities

Diabetes mellitus

8

7

1.2

1.0

*

*

10 Chronic liver disease

and cirrhosis 7 1.0 *

Table 7. Number of deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates per 100,000 for the 10 

leading causes of deaths among persons 25-34 and 35-44 years of age, by race/ethnicity and 

sex, United States, 2000

Male Female

Rank Cause of death Number

Percent 

of total 

deaths

Death 

rate Rank Cause of death Number

Percent 

of total

deaths

Death 

rate
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American Indian — 35–44 years

1 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 166 24.6 92.3

1 Accidents 

(unintentional injuries) 90 22.2 49.6

2

3

Diseases of heart

Chronic liver disease 

83 12.3 46.1 2 Chronic liver disease 

and cirrhosis 59 14.5 32.5

and cirrhosis 78 11.6 43.3 3 Malignant neoplasms 56 13.8 30.9

4 Intentional self-harm 53 7.9 29.5 4 Diseases of heart 39 9.6 21.5

5 Malignant neoplasms 49 7.3 27.2 5 Intentional self-harm 14 3.4 *

6 Assault (homicide) 32 4.7 17.8 5 Assault (homicide) 14 3.4 *

7 Human immunodeficiency

virus disease 20 3.0 11.1

7

8

Cerebrovascular diseases

Influenza and pneumonia

11

10

2.7

2.5

*

*

8

9

Influenza and pneumonia

Diabetes mellitus

18

16

2.7

2.4

*

*

9

9

Viral hepatitis

Diabetes mellitus

7

7

1.7

1.7

*

*

10 Cerebrovascular diseases 11 1.6 *

Source: National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 50, No. 16, September 16, 2002.

Table 7. Number of deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates per 100,000 for the 10 

leading causes of deaths among persons 25-34 and 35-44 years of age, by race/ethnicity and 

sex, United States, 2000

Male Female

Rank Cause of death Number

Percent 

of total 

deaths

Death 

rate Rank Cause of death Number

Percent 

of total

deaths

Death 

rate
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Figure 10. Death rates per 100,000 population from leading causes of death among persons

25–44 years old, United States, 1987–2000

Note: For comparison with data for 1999–2000, data for 1987–1998 were modified to appear as if based on ICD-10 rules for selecting the underlying

cause of death instead of ICD-9.

Source: National Center for Health Statistics National Vital Statistics System.

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Year

Deaths per 100,000 Population

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Suicide

Malignant

neoplasms

Heart disease

HIV infection

Homicide

Chronic liver

disease

Cerebrovascular

diseases

Diabetes

Unintentional

injury
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Technical Notes

AIDS cases are reported to CDC by all 50 states,

the District of Columbia, U.S. dependencies and possessions, and independent nations in free association

with the United States1 by the use of a uniform case

definition and case surveillance report form. Cases in

this supplemental report were reported according to

the 1993 expanded AIDS surveillance case definition

(MMWR 1992;41 [RR-17]:1-190. A case may be reported upon the initial diagnosis of AIDS (or HIV in areas with HIV infection case surveillance) and later

updated when the disease or the vital status changes.

Some cases may be first reported at death, either

from surveillance activities at a hospital or other places where death may occur, or from a review of death

certificates or a death registry. Health departments

routinely review death registries to ascertain deaths of

persons who were reported with HIV or AIDS.

Data in this report include persons diagnosed with

AIDS through the end of December 2000 and reported

to CDC through June 30, 2001. Data presented in tables 2-6 and figures 1-9 are estimates of AIDS cases

and deaths in persons with AIDS and not actual

counts of persons reported to the surveillance system.

The numbers of AIDS cases and deaths reported to

CDC are statistically adjusted for delays in the reporting of cases and deaths. 

The survival analysis presented in figures 1 and 2

used the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method and

AIDS case data reported through December 31, 2001.

The analysis was limited to AIDS cases that had an

initial AIDS-defining opportunistic illness diagnosed in

1984 through 2000, and included deaths that occurred

through January 2001 (to allow at least 11 months for

a death to be reported), with survival censored beyond 72 months. 

The date of death for decedents reported to CDC

without a date of death was imputed as the date that

death was reported to CDC minus the estimated median number of months required to report deaths (3

months). If AIDS diagnosis occurred after the imputed

date, then the date of AIDS diagnosis was used as the

date of death.

Data are presented by area of residence at death in

tables 2, 3, and 4 and figure 9. From 1970 through

1Included among the dependencies, possessions, and independent

nations are Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American

Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Federated

States of Micronesia.

2000, 81,532 deaths were reported without an area of

residence at death, 18% of the total reported deaths.

The majority of these deaths (59%) were reported between 1988 and 1991. An additional 244 cases reported “foreign county” as the area of residence at

death. For the 375,634 deaths reported with an area

of residence at death within the United States and its

territories, (257 cases were missing an area of residence at diagnosis) the concordance between the

area of residence at death and the area of residence

at AIDS diagnosis was 94%. Therefore, for deaths reported without an area of residence at death, we substituted the area of residence at AIDS diagnosis.

Thirty-one cases had neither an area of residence at

death nor diagnosis reported.

Table 1 includes persons whose vital status is reported as “alive” and excludes those with an unknown

vital status. The remainder of this report includes

deaths reported in persons with AIDS regardless of

the cause of death. Data in tables 2 and 6 are enumerated by age at death; tables 3, 4 and 5 present

data for only adults and adolescents based on the age

at AIDS diagnosis. Tables 3 and 6 present data on

deaths in 1999 because race/ethnicity-specific United

States population denominators are not available for

2000 due to the expansion of the racial/ethnic categories in the 2000 census. 

Divisions of residence included in this report are defined as follows. New England: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and

Connecticut; Middle Atlantic: New York, New Jersey,

and Pennsylvania; East North Central: Ohio, Indiana,

Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin; West North Central:

Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas; South Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West

Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and

Florida; East South Central: Kentucky, Tennessee,

Alabama, and Mississippi; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; Mountain:

Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico,

Arizona, Utah, and Nevada; Pacific: Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Hawaii.

Table 7 and Figure 10 present data compiled by the

National Center for Health Statistics from death certificates of residents in the United States and the District

of Columbia. For these data, each death is attributed

to one underlying cause, based on information on the

death certificate. The underlying cause of death was
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selected coded according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10). Deaths

due to HIV disease are not necessarily the same as

deaths of persons with AIDS. Persons with AIDS may

die from causes unrelated to HIV infection and some

persons who die from HIV infection may not meet the

surveillance criteria for AIDS diagnosis.