STATISTICS ABOUT HIV AND AIDS
(* from Louisiana Office of Public Health)

• Number of people living with HIV in Louisiana as of June 30, 2004: 15,720.*

• Number of people living with AIDS in Louisiana as of June 30, 2004: 7,787.*

• Number of deaths in Louisiana as of the same date: 9,380.*

• Number of new HIV/AIDS cases detected in Louisiana in 2003: 1,089.

• Number of new AIDS cases detected in Louisiana in 2003: 914

• Percentage of these cases that are African-Americans: 75.

• Percentage of these cases that are women: 34.*

• New Orleans�s AIDS case rate in 2002, out of 104 metropolitan areas: 7th highest

• Baton Rouge�s AIDS case rate in 2002, out of 104 metropolitan areas: 2nd highest