Asians and Pacific Islanders
Asians and Pacific Islanders account for approximately 1% of the total number of HIV/AIDS cases in the United States. However, in recent years, the number of AIDS diagnoses in this group has increased steadily. 1 The Asian and Pacific Islander population in the United States is also growing.2
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HIV/AIDS among Asians and Pacific Islanders
This information sheet presents surveillance data on Asians and Pacific Islanders infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency disease (AIDS) in the United States.
Asian Pacific Islander Fact Sheet
From National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center (NMAETC)
Native Hawaiian Fact Sheet
From National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center (NMAETC)
Ethnographic
Guides
From CDC's Division of Tuberculosis
Elimination
Subpopulation
Estimates from the HIV Incidence Surveillance System --- United States,
2006
From CDC's MMWR Weekly; September 12, 2008 / 57(36);985-989
Cases of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, by Race/Ethnicity, 2002–2006 
From CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
Systemic
Review of HIV Behavioral Prevention Research in Asian Americans & Pacific
Islanders
From HIV InSite
1
CDC Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS among Asians and Pacific Islanders
2
United States Bureau of the Census. The Asian population: 2000. Census 2000 Brief.
