Data include persons with a diagnosis of HIV infection regardless of stage of disease at diagnosis.
Estimated numbers resulted from statistical adjustment that accounted for reporting delays, but not for incomplete reporting.

Data are included from the 37 states and 5 U.S. dependent areas with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting since at least January 2005.

HIV reporting w as initiated during the following years: 1985 (Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin); 1986 (Idaho, South Carolina); 1987 (Arizona, Missouri); 1988 (Alabama, Indiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota); 1989 (Arkansas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming); 1990 (North Carolina, Ohio); 1992 (Connecticut - Children Only, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey,
Tennessee); 1993 (Louisiana); 1995 (Nebraska); 1997 (Florida); 1998 (Iowa, New Mexico, Virgin Islands); 1999 (Alaska, Kansas, Texas); 2000 (New York, Guam); 2001 (American Samoa, N. Mariana Islands); 2002 (Pennsylvania); 2003 (Georgia, Puerto Rico); 2004 (Kentucky); 2005 (Connecticut - All Cases, New Hampshire); 2006 (California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Montana, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington); 2007 (Maryland, Massachusetts); 2008 (Hawaii, Vermont).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV Surveillance Report, 2008; vol. 20. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/. Published May 2010. Accessed [5/13/2010].

NA: Area did not have confidential name-based reporting for a sufficient period of time to allow for statistical adjustment.

1. Because column totals for estimated numbers were calculated independently of the values for the subpopulations, the values in each column may not sum to the column total. U.S. total includes persons from the Pacific Islands.