HIV/AIDS Deaths Over The Decades

Throughout the decades since the AIDS breakout, more and more lives have been claimed due to HIV/AIDS. This chart uses the CDC’s HIV surveillance reports to map out the number of deaths reported due to the disease since the onset of the pandemic. As is shown in the graph the amount of deaths decreases over the years. This is due to the developments made medically to extend the lifespans of people with HIV/AIDS as well as better preventative measures being made available.

Sources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2003 (Vol. 15). Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2004. Also available at: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasrlink.htm.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2005. Vol. 17. Rev ed. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2007 Also available at: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV Surveillance Report, 2009; vol. 21. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/. Published February 2011. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV Surveillance Report, 2010; vol. 22. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/. Published March 2012.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV Surveillance Report, 2014; vol. 26. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/reports/surveillance/. Published November 2015.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV Surveillance Report, 2018 (Preliminary); vol 30.

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/reports/hiv-surveillance.html. Published November 2019.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV Surveillance Report, 2019; vol. 32. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/reports/hiv-surveillance.html. Published May 2021.

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By: James Mahan