Distribution of AIDS cases in the United States
As of the end of 1992 (publication of the 1993 report having been delayed by the CDC), the cumulative distribution of adult cases since 1981 by exposure category was as follows:
Male homosexual/bisexual contact 142,626 (57%)
IV drug use (female and heterosexual male) 57,412 (23%)
Male homosexual/bisexual contact and IV drug use 15,899 ( 6%)
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder 2,026 ( 1%)
Heterosexual contact with a person with, or at increased risk for, HIV infection 13,292 (5%)
Born in Pattern II country 2,962 ( 1%)
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components or tissue 4,980 ( 2%)
Other/undetermined 10,002 ( 4%)
Total 249,199 (100%)
The heterosexual contact cases are subdivided into the following categories, shown with cases reported through December 31, 1992:
Sex with IV drug user 8,481 (64%)
Sex with bisexual male 823 ( 6%)
Sex with person with hemophilia 131 ( 1%)
Sex with person born in Pattern II country 205 ( 2%)
Sex with transfusion recipient with HIV infection 311 (2%)
Sex with HIV-infected person, risk not specified 3,341 (25%)
Total 13,292 (100%)