Racial and ethnic disparities in HIV diagnoses among heterosexually active persons in the United States nationally and by state, 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite declining HIV infection rates, persistent racial and ethnic disparities remain. Appropriate calculations of diagnosis rates by HIV transmission category, race and ethnicity, and geography are needed to monitor progress towards reducing systematic disparities in health outcomes. We estimated the number of heterosexually active adults (HAAs) by sex and state to calculate appropriate HIV diagnosis rates and disparity measures within subnational regions.

Methods

The analysis included all HIV diagnoses attributed to heterosexual transmission in 2018 in the United States, in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Logistic regression models estimated the probability of past-year heterosexual activity among adults in three national health surveys, by sex, age gro

SUBMITTER: Martin EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8451999 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature