Racial and Ethnic Differences in Effectiveness of Care: HIV/AIDS

Measure	Racial Difference[1]					Ethnic Difference[2]
	Black	Asian	NHOPI	AI/AN	>1 Race	NHB	Hispanic
AIDS Prevention
New AIDS cases per 100,000 population 13 and over[3]	*3	3
Management of HIV/AIDS
HIV-infection deaths per 100,000 population[4]		4

Socioeconomic Differences in Effectiveness of Care: HIV/AIDS

Measure	Income Difference[1]			Educational Difference[2]		Insurance Difference[3]
	<100%	100-199%	200-399%	<HS	HS Grad	Uninsured
Management of HIV/AIDS
HIV-infection deaths per 100,000 population4

Key to Quality of Health Care Tables : Selected population and comparison population receive about same quality of health care : Selected population receives better quality care than the comparison population : Selected population receives worse quality care than the comparison population : Data are collected but do not meet criteria for statistical reliability

[1] Compared with whites.

[2] Compared with non-Hispanic whites.

[3] Source: CDC, 2000. This source categorizes race/ethnicity very differently from other sources. Race/ethnicity information is categorized as a single item: Non-Hispanic white, Non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander. These contrasts compare each group with non-Hispanic whites. An * is inserted in the Black column to indicate that estimates for this group could not be produced.

[4] Source: NVSS-M, 2000. This source did not collect information on Asians and NHOPIs separately but in aggregate as Asian or Pacific Islander. This source did not collect information for >1 race.

[5] Compared with persons with family incomes 400% of federal poverty thresholds or above.

[6] Compared with persons with any college education.

[7] Compared with person under 65 with any private health insurance.

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