Official Site of The State of New Jersey
Cases Simultaneously Diagnosed with HIV and AIDS by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2010 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
AIDS is the most advanced stage of HIV disease. Early detection and proper treatment can prevent the development of AIDS. [https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/testing/ ^1^]
Definition
Percent of cases simultaneously diagnosed with HIV and AIDS
Data Notes
Data for White and Black do not include Hispanics. Hispanic ethnicity includes persons of any race. eHARS data as of 12/31/21.Data Source
Enhanced HIV/AIDS Reporting System; Division of HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB Services; New Jersey Department of Health(http://nj.gov/health/hivstdtb/hiv-aids/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of cases simultaneously diagnosed with HIV and AIDSDenominator:
Number of cases diagnosed with HIV/AIDS
Data Issues
2020 data should be interpreted with caution due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to HIV testing, care related services, and changes in testing modality (e.g., self-testing).Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective HIV-9 (Archived)
U.S. Target: Reduce the proportion of persons with a diagnosis of Stage 3 HIV (AIDS) within 3 months of diagnosis of HIV infection to 20.8 percent by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/hiv
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective HIV-5
NJ Target: Reduce the proportions of cases simultaneously diagnosed with HIV and AIDS to 21.3 percent for the total population, 21.3% for Blacks, 24.0% for Hispanics, and 18.3% for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/hiv-aids.shtml