HIV among people who inject drugs by region U.S. 2018

This statistic presents the percentage of people in the U.S. who injected drugs and who were HIV positive as of 2018, by region. As of that year, around 10 percent of people in the Northeast who injected drugs were HIV positive.

Percentage of people in the U.S. who injected drugs and who were HIV-positive as of 2018, by region

Characteristic	Percentage of people who inject drugs
Northeast	10%
South	5%
West	4%
Midwest	1%

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Release date

October 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2018

Number of respondents

11,348 respondents

Special properties

People who inject drugs in 23 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)

Supplementary notes

Figures include data from 23 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). These areas included Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan; Houston, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Memphis, Tennessee; Miami, Florida; Nassau-Suffolk, New York; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York, New York; Newark, New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; San Diego, California; San Francisco, California; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Seattle, Washington; Virginia Beach, Virginia; Washington, District of Columbia.

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