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Indicator: New Diagnoses of HIV, King County

HIV Incidence is the number of persons newly diagnosed with HIV each year, including those also diagnosed with AIDS
  • Source: HIV/AIDS Registry data, Prevention Division, Public Health - Seattle & King County
  • Most recent data (2007): 17.6 new diagnoses per 100,000, including 328 new diagnoses

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Trend Over Time
Demographic Differences
Last 10 Years
Last 5 Years
5-year Average, 2003-2007
1998-2007
2003-2007
Rate
Lower CI
Upper CI
All
18.3
17.1
19.4
Age at diagnosis of HIV
<18
^
^
0.3
0.0
0.5
18-24
---
---
18.8
15.8
21.7
25-29
---
---
31.9
29.3
34.5
30-34
---
40.1
31.6
48.7
35-39
48.1
36.6
59.5
40+
---
---
15.2
13.7
16.6
Gender
Male
32.4
30.3
34.6
Female
---
---
4.2
4.0
4.5
Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic
---
---
38.1
35.0
41.1
nonHisp American Indian
^
^
27.5
12.3
42.7
nonHisp Asian/PI
---
---
6.8
4.6
9.1
nonHisp black
---
---
62.2
52.8
71.6
nonHisp white
14.4
13.1
15.7
Multi-race or missing
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
nonHisp U.S.-born black
---
39.6
30.6
48.5
nonHisp foreign-born black
---
136.6
94.0
179.3
Neighborhood Poverty Level
High Poverty
69.0
59.5
78.4
Medium Poverty
---
---
16.2
15.1
17.4
Low Poverty
---
---
5.9
5.3
6.5
Region
East
---
---
5.3
4.3
6.2
North
^
^
3.3
2.1
4.6
Seattle
46.1
42.7
49.4
South
---
8.0
7.3
8.8





















Trend symbols:
up, statistically significant
down, statistically significant
---
flat, no trend
.
getting worse
.
getting better

Notes:

N/A: Not available

^ Too few occurrences to meet validity standard

CI is 95% Confidence Interval

Rate = New HIV cases per 100,000 population.


See also:

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*AIMs High performance reports by the King County Office of Strategic Planning and Performance Management can help you understand social, economic, and environmental conditions throughout the county and what King County government is doing to improve those conditions.