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Table 7. Estimated numbers of deaths of persons with AIDS, by year of death and selected characteristics, 1998–2002—United States

	Year of death					Cumulative through 2002^a
	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Cumulative through 2002^a
Age at death (yrs)
<13	104	102	51	49	33	5,071
13--14	9	19	10	5	10	244
15--24	258	232	206	261	190	9,507
25--34	3,785	3,252	2,765	2,377	1,971	139,977
35--44	7,991	7,679	6,998	7,077	6,401	207,324
45--54	4,784	5,004	5,082	5,202	5,395	97,027
55--64	1,511	1,546	1,584	1,758	1,728	31,179
≥ 65	562	622	652	673	641	11,340

Race/ethnicity
White, not Hispanic	6,228	5,800	5,331	5,061	4,555	223,623
Black, not Hispanic	9,116	9,097	8,723	8,915	8,566	185,080
Hispanic	3,449	3,353	3,118	3,236	3,056	87,888
Asian/Pacific Islander	125	116	107	111	93	3,350
American Indian/Alaska Native	79	79	61	70	72	1,424

Exposure category
Male adult or adolescent
Male-to-male sexual contact	7,120	6,615	6,098	5,971	5,418	249,198
Injection drug use	4,735	4,501	4,145	4,129	4,038	103,714
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	1,338	1,319	1,287	1,262	1,082	36,224
Heterosexual contact	1,300	1,358	1,363	1,462	1,384	20,820
Other^b	222	203	210	177	160	9,797
Subtotal	14,715	13,997	13,104	13,001	12,083	419,754

Female adult or adolescent
Injection drug use	1,970	2,083	1,936	1,947	1,933	37,758
Heterosexual contact	2,100	2,140	2,134	2,280	2,197	34,661
Other^b	97	104	99	101	95	4,087
Subtotal	4,167	4,327	4,169	4,328	4,226	76,507

Child(<13 yrs)
Perinatal	117	122	71	69	59	4,882
Other^c	6	8	4	4	4	526
Subtotal	122	130	75	73	62	5,407

Region of residence
Northeast	5,681	5,814	5,089	5,263	5,419	161,971
Midwest	1,936	1,700	1,659	1,697	1,315	48,415
South	7,515	7,263	7,289	7,201	6,671	168,670
West	3,092	2,967	2,624	2,490	2,259	104,559
U.S. dependencies, possessions, and associated nations	781	710	687	752	707	18,054

Total^d	19,005	18,454	17,347	17,402	16,371	501,669

Note. These numbers do not represent actual cases in persons who died with AIDS. Rather, these numbers are point estimates of cases in persons who died with AIDS that have been adjusted for delays in reporting of deaths and for redistribution of cases in persons initially reported without an identified risk. The estimates have not been adjusted for incomplete reporting.

^a Includes persons who died with AIDS, from the beginning of the epidemic through 2002.
^b Includes hemophilia, blood transfusion, perinatal, and risk not reported or not identified.
^c Includes hemophilia, blood transfusion, and risk not reported or not identified.
^d Includes persons of unknown or multiple race and of unknown sex. Cumulative total includes 304 persons of unknown or multiple race and 1 person of unknown sex. Because column totals were calculated independently of the values for the subpopulations, the values in each column may not sum to the column total.

Last updated by the CDC on: October 24, 2003
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National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention