White (non-Hispanic)
HIV/AIDS Prevalence among White (non-Hispanic) persons
As of December 31st 2014, there were 3,977 white (non-Hispanic) persons living with HIV/AIDS
in Minnesota, representing half (50%) of people living with HIV/AIDS in Minnesota. Of the 3,977
white persons living with HIV in Minnesota, 3,518 (88%) are male and 459 (12%) are female.
Of the 3,518 white male cases, 86% were estimated to have a risk of men who have sex with
men (MSM), 9% MSM/IDU, 2% IDU and 2% heterosexual contact with someone with or at risk
for HIV infection and 1% other risk (hemophilia, transplant, transfusion or mother with HIV or
HIV risk). Of the 459 white females living with HIV in Minnesota, 81% have a risk of
heterosexual contact with someone with or at risk for HIV infection, 16% IDU, and 3% other
(hemophilia, transplant, transfusion or mother with HIV or HIV risk).
HIV Diagnoses among White (non-Hispanic) persons
White males drove the epidemic in the 1980s and early 1990s, and today white males still
account for the largest number of new infections, but the proportion of cases that white males
account for is decreasing. In 2014, white males accounted for 40% of all of the new HIV
diagnoses, with 122 diagnoses.
In the beginning of the epidemic, white women accounted for a majority of newly diagnosed
cases among females. However, the number of new infections among women of color has
exceeded the number among white women since 1991. In 2014 white women made up 19% of
the new infections among women in Minnesota, with 14 new diagnoses.
HIV Infections* Among White (non-Hispanic)
by Estimated Mode of Exposure
2012 – 2014
Mode of Exposure
Of the 376 white males
diagnosed between 2012
and 2014, 89% of cases had
an estimated mode of
exposure of MSM, 7%
MSM/IDU, 2% heterosexual
contact with someone with
or at risk for HIV infection
and 2% IDU. Of the 39 white
females diagnosed between
2012 and 2014, 86% had an
estimated mode of exposure
of heterosexual contact with
White Males (n = 376)
White Females (n = 39)
Heterosex
2%
IDU
14%
IDU
2%
MSM/IDU
7%
MSM
89%
n = Number of persons MSM = Men who have sex with men
IDU = Injecting drug use
Heterosex = Heterosexual contact with someone with or at risk for HIV
Other = Hemophilia, transplant, transfusion, mother w/ HIV or HIV risk
* HIV or AIDS at first diagnosis
Minnesota HIV/AIDS Epidemiologic Profile—White (non-Hispanic)
December 2015
Heterosex
86%
someone with or at risk for HIV and 14% IDU.
Geography
A greater proportion of white persons diagnosed with HIV live in Greater Minnesota than
persons of color. Twenty-six percent of white women diagnosed with HIV from 2012-2014 lived
in greater Minnesota, compared to 10% of women of color. Eighteen percent of white men
diagnosed during the same time period lived in greater Minnesota compared to 10% of men of
color.
HIV Treatment Cascade among White (non-Hispanic) persons
There were 3,835 HIV positive white persons included in the treatment cascade analyses.
Compared to the overall HIV treatment cascade in Minnesota, white persons have higher
percentages of retention in care as well as viral suppression. White people have the highest
percentage of people who achieved viral suppression at 70%.
There were 144 cases among white persons reported in 2013 that were included in the linkage
to care calculation. Whites have a slightly lower percentage of linkage to care than the overall
cascade for Minnesota.
Percentage of White (non-Hispanic) persons diagnosed with HIV engaged
in selected stages of the continuum of care, 2014 – Minnesota
100%
90%
100%
100%
87%
85%
77%
80%
72%
70%
70%
63%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Overall Cascade
PLWH
n=7,728
Linkage to Care
White non-Hispanic
Retention in Care
Viral Suppression
n=3,835
Minnesota HIV/AIDS Epidemiologic Profile—White (non-Hispanic)
December 2015