Key Data

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HIVnet.
HIVnet is a tool that provides selected statistics on inpatient and outpatient utilization of health services by people living with HIV/AIDS. These statistics are based on data collected by the HIV Research Network (HIVRN), which includes 18 medical practices located across the United States that treat more than 14,000 patients living with HIV/AIDS.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention: Surveillance Reports.
The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report series provides data on U.S. AIDS and HIV case reports, including data by state, metropolitan statistical area, mode of exposure, sex, race/ethnicity, age group, and other variables.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention: Epi Slide Sets.
These slide sets include graphics based on recent HIV/AIDS surveillance data, and can be downloaded free of charge.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWRs) on HIV/AIDS.
This website links to all HIV/AIDS related articles in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series, throughout the history of the epidemic.

Kaiser Family Foundation, Global Health Facts Online.
This online resource contains the latest national-level data on major infectious disease epidemics, including HIV/AIDS and a function that allows the user to compare prevalence rates between different countries.

Kaiser Family Foundation, State Health Facts Online.
This resource contains the latest state-level data, including information about new and cumulative AIDS cases, AIDS case rates, persons living with AIDS, AIDS deaths, HIV infections, HIV testing statistics and policies, additional AIDS-related state policies, Ryan White funding and funding for HIV prevention, and AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, including budget, client, and expenditure data.

Kaiser Family Foundation, AIDS at 25: An Overview of Major Trends in the U.S. Epidemic, June 2006.
This chartpack provides an overview of the major trends and evolution of the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Kaiser Family Foundation, The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic: A Timeline of Key Milestones.
Updated regularly, this interactive web-based timeline is designed to serve as an ongoing reference tool for many of the political, scientific, cultural, and community events that have occurred since the beginning of the epidemic. It is updated each year.

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Public Opinion

Kaiser Family Foundation, Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS, May 2006.
This survey reports on Americans' opinions on HIV/AIDS as a problem for our nation, knowledge and perceptions about HIV/AIDS, domestic HIV spending and program priorities, views on teh global HIV epidemic, and African Americans and HIV.  The survey also includes a highlighted portion focusing on young adults, ages 18–25.

The Kaiser Family Foundation has conducted a number of public opinion surveys in HIV/AIDS.  For a complete listing, please click here.

Kaiser Family Foundation, Kaiser Health Poll Search.
Health Poll Search is a searchable archive of public opinion questions on health issues, including HIV/AIDS. Health Poll Search is the result of a partnership between the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut. The Health Poll Search archive provide information on public perceptions of HIV/AIDS, including public opinion about numerous subtopics such as HIV testing and discrimination.

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Acknowledgements: This reference library was prepared by Kaiser Family Foundation staff, including Rebecca Miller, Usha Ranji, Jennifer Kates, Alicia Carbaugh, and Alina Salganicoff.

Last Updated: August 2006