Asians and Pacific Islanders account for approximately 1% of the total number of HIV/AIDS cases in the United States. However, in recent years, the number of AIDS diagnoses in this group has increased steadily. 1 The Asian and Pacific Islander population in the United States is also growing.2
During 2003, 497 new AIDS cases were reported among Asians and Pacific Islanders, an increase of 9.9 percent over 2002 and of 34.7 percent over the 1999 level.3
In 2005, Asia and the Pacific Islands had an estimated 8.3 million HIV/AIDS cases.4
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HIV/AIDS among Asians and Pacific Islanders
This information sheet presents surveillance data on Asians and Pacific Islanders infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency disease (AIDS) in the United States.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/API.htm
What are Asian and Pacific Islander HIV Prevention Needs?
From Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California at San Francisco
http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/pubs/FS/API.php
HIV/AIDS Surveillance by Race/Ethnicity (Updated through 2005)
Slide set from the Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/slides/race-ethnicity/index.htm
Asian Pacific Islander Fact Sheet
From National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center (NMAETC)
http://www.nmaetc.org/media/pdf/AsianPacificIslander.pdf
Native Hawaiian Fact Sheet
From National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center (NMAETC)
http://www.nmaetc.org/media/pdf/HawaiianFact.pdf
Current HIV/AIDS-related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among the General Population in China: Implications for Action
Article from AIDScience.org, a Website run by the journal Science
http://www.aidscience.org/articles/aidscience028.asp
Knowledge and Attitudes of Older People about HIV/AIDS in Thailand: A Comparison with Young Adults [PDF - 238K]
Research report from the Population Studies Center
http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/pubs/papers/rr01-464.pdf
Focus on Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS [PDF]
Fact sheet from the EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia
http://www.asia-initiative.org/pdfs/RHI_Focus_onAIDS.pdf
Systemic Review of HIV Behavioral Prevention Research in Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Pub. Date Apr., 2002.
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=kb-07&doc=kb-07-04-10
1
CDC Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS among Asians and Pacific Islanders
2
United States Bureau of the Census. The Asian population: 2000. Census 2000 Brief.
3 CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report. 2003
From HRSA Asian/Pacific Islanders and HIV/AIDS in the United States
4Associated Press. 10/10/06
