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. 2019 Feb;21(1):30-38.
doi: 10.1007/s10903-018-0699-4.

Differences Between U.S.-Born and Non-U.S.-Born Black Adults Reported with Diagnosed HIV Infection: United States, 2008-2014

Hanna B Demeke  1 , Anna S Johnson  2 , Baohua Wu  3 , Ndidi Nwangwu-Ike  3 , Hope King  4 , Hazel D Dean  5
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Differences Between U.S.-Born and Non-U.S.-Born Black Adults Reported with Diagnosed HIV Infection: United States, 2008-2014

Hanna B Demeke et al. J Immigr Minor Health. 2019 Feb.

Abstract

Despite improvements in its treatment, HIV infection continues to affect Blacks disproportionally. Using National HIV Surveillance System data from 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, we examined demographic and epidemiologic differences between U.S.-born and non-U.S.-born Black adults. Of 110,452 Black adults reported with diagnosed HIV during 2008-2014 with complete country of birth information, 11.1% were non-U.S.-born. Non-U.S.-born were more likely to be older, female, have HIV infection attributed to heterosexual contact, have been diagnosed late, and live in the northeastern U.S. region. During 2014, the HIV diagnosis rate among African-born Black females was 1.4 times the rate of U.S.-born Black males, 2 times the rate of African-born Black males, and 5.3 times the rate of U.S.-born Black females. We elucidate the differences between U.S.-born and non-U.S.-born Blacks on which to base culturally appropriate HIV-prevention programs and policies.

Keywords: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; African Americans; Human immunodeficiency virus; Immigrants; Non-U.S.-born.

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HIV diagnosis rates among U.S. Blacks, by sex and world region of birth, 2008–2014, United States. †HIV diagnosis rates per 100,000 population were calculated by using the annual numbers of HIV cases as numerators and the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2014 American Community Survey 1-year population estimates as denominators. The Census Bureau tool American FactFinder (https://factfinder.census.gov) provided the population denominators according to national origin and race/ethnicity
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