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Table 17.	Reported AIDS cases, by age category, transmission category, and sex, cumulative through 2003—United States


	Males				Females				Total

			Cumulative				Cumulative				Cumulative
	2003		through 2003^a		2003		through 2003^a		2003		through 2003^a

Transmission category	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%

Adult or adolescent
Male-to-male sexual contact	15,859	48	401,392	55	â€“	â€“	â€“	â€“	15,859	35	401,392	45
Injection drug use	4,866	15	156,575	21	2,262	20	61,621	38	7,128	16	218,196	24
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	1,695	5	57,998	8	â€“	â€“	â€“	â€“	1,695	4	57,998	6
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder	74	0	5,130	1	11	0	318	0	85	0	5,448	1
Heterosexual contact	3,371	10	40,947	6	5,234	45	70,200	43	8,605	19	111,147	12
Sex with injection drug user	477	1	10,930	1	985	9	24,148	15	1,462	3	35,078	4
Sex with bisexual male	0	0	0	0	223	2	4,402	3	223	0	4,402	0
Sex with person with hemophilia	7	0	80	0	16	0	465	0	23	0	545	0
Sex with HIV-infected transfusion recipient	24	0	505	0	37	0	705	0	61	0	1,210	0
Sex with HIV-infected person, risk factor not specified	2,863	9	29,432	4	3,973	34	40,480	25	6,836	15	69,912	8
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue^b	111	0	5,219	1	108	1	4,076	2	219	0	9,295	1
Other/risk factor not reported or identified^c	7,274	22	62,217	9	3,946	34	27,181	17	11,220	25	89,399	10
Subtotal	33,250	100	729,478	100	11,561	100	163,396	100	44,811	100	892,875	100
Child <13 yrs at diagnosis)
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder	0	0	227	5	0	0	7	0	0	0	234	3
Mother with the following risk factor for, or documented, HIV infection:	61	87	4,232	88	70	85	4,317	95	131	86	8,549	91
Injection drug use	6	9	1,643	34	11	13	1,645	36	17	11	3,288	35
Sex with injection drug user	8	11	784	16	6	7	741	16	14	9	1,525	16
Sex with bisexual male	0	0	95	2	2	2	102	2	2	1	197	2
Sex with person with hemophilia	1	1	21	0	0	0	15	0	1	1	36	0
Sex with HIV-infected transfusion recipient	0	0	11	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	27	0
Sex with HIV-infected person, risk factor not specified	18	26	705	15	18	22	737	16	36	24	1,442	15
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue^b	0	0	73	2	0	0	83	2	0	0	156	2
Has HIV infection, risk factor notspecified	28	40	900	19	33	40	978	21	61	40	1,878	20
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue	1	1	244	5	1	1	143	3	2	1	387	4
Other/risk factor not reported or identified^d	8	11	80	2	11	13	98	2	19	13	178	2
Subtotal	70	100	4,783	100	82	100	4,565	100	152	100	9,348	100
Total	33,320	100	734,261	100	11,643	100	167,961	100	44,963	100	902,223	100


^a	Includes persons with a diagnosis of AIDS, reported from the beginning of the epidemic through 2003. Cumulative total includes 1 person of unknown sex.
^b	AIDS developed in 46 adults/adolescents and 3 children after they received blood that had tested negative for HIV antibodies. AIDS developed in 14 additional adults after they received tissue, organs, or artificial insemination from HIV-infected donors. Four of the 14 received tissue or organs from a donor who was negative for HIV antibody at the time of donation.
^c	Includes 36 adults/adolescents who were exposed to HIV-infected blood, body fluids, or concentrated virus in health care, laboratory, or household settings, as supported by seroconversion, epidemiologic, and/or laboratory evidence. One person was infected after intentional inoculation with HIV-infected blood. For an additional 361 persons who acquired HIV infection perinatally, AIDS was diagnosed after age 13. These 361 persons are tabulated under the adult/adolescent, not the pediatric, transmission category.
^d	Includes 5 children who were exposed to HIV-infected blood as supported by seroconversion, epidemiologic, and/or laboratory evidence: 1 child was infected after intentional inoculation with HIV-infected blood and 4 children were exposed to HIV-infected blood in a household setting. Of the 178 children, 23 had sexual contact with an adult with or at high risk for HIV infection.

Last Updated : March 8, 2005
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Wouldn't it make sense to ban ANYONE on that risk list from donating? How difficult would it be to ask:

Male-to-male sexual contact
Injection drug use
Hemophelia
Sex with an IV drug user
Sex with a person with hemophelia
Sex with an HIV positive person
A blood transfusion

I think this only touches on the problem, though. The following things should also, obviously be screened for:

Hatian nationality (5.6% HIV in the general public)
Sub-Saharan African nationality (25% HIV rates in the general public!)
Anyone with a congenital history of diseases such as Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's, Downs Syndrome, etc.
Anyone with a criminal history of rape, murder, molestation, or other violent serious crimes.

If you think my filtering of Hatians is harsh, remember that among gay men in the US, the overall HIV infection rate is 4.4%.