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Suppressed Viral Load among HIV Positive Adults by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2013 to 2020

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Why Is This Important?

Getting and staying virally suppressed is not only the best thing people living with HIV can do to maintain their health, but also one of the best ways to prevent new infections through sex.[https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/treatment/index.html ^1^]

Definition

Percent of HIV-positive adults whose viral load is less than or equal to 200 copies per millileter Viral suppression is reducing the amount of HIV in the blood and elsewhere in the body to very low levels.[https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/treatment/index.html ^1^]

Data Notes

This is revised Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective HIV-4. eHARS data as of 12/31/20.

Data Source

Enhanced HIV/AIDS Reporting System; Division of HIV, STD, and TB Services; New Jersey Department of Health
(https://www.nj.gov/health/hiv/)

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of HIV-positive adults who are alive and living in New Jersey in the corresponding data year, excluding those lost to follow-up, whose viral load is less than or equal to 200 copies per millileter

  • Denominator:

    Number of HIV-positive adults (age 18 and older) who are alive and living in New Jersey in the corresponding data year, excluding those lost to follow-up

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-22.1

    U.S. Target: Increase the percentage of persons aged 13 years and older with diagnosed HIV infection who are virally suppressed to 80 percent by 2020.0


  • Health Initiative: HNJ2020

    Healthy NJ 2020 Objective HIV-4

    NJ Target: Increase the proportion of HIV+ adults in care achieving a suppressed viral load (VL <= 200 copies/ml) to 93.5 percent for the total population, 85.7% for Blacks, 95.5% for Hispanics, and 100% for Whites by 2020.0
    https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/hiv-aids.shtml


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Indicator Data Last Updated On 10/29/2021, Published on 06/05/2024
HIV Services, Division of HIV, STD, and TB Services; New Jersey Department of Health; PO Box 363, Trenton, NJ 08625-0363 (https://www.nj.gov/health/hivstdtb/hiv-aids/)