HIV rate among U.S. state and federal prisoners from 1991 to 2015
This statistic displays the number of prisoners with HIV in U.S. state and federal prisons from 1991 to 2015, per 100,000 prisoners. According to the data, in 2015, around 1,297 out of every 100,000 prisoners had HIV.
HIV is a treatable viral infection that causes immunodeficiency. HIV is spread human-to-human through blood, semen, vaginal fluids or breast milk of an infected individual. AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) occurs in people infected with HIV when they have not received treatment.