Summary

Introduction

• This module summarizes the epidemiology of HIV-1 infection in resource-rich settings

Global Overview of HIV Epidemiology in the Developed World: 1981-2012

• Prevalence, incidence, and subgroup distributions of HIV/AIDS differ across the developed world
Epidemiology of HIV in North America
• An estimated 872,990 people were living with diagnosed HIV infection in the US in 2010 (Table 1)^{[CDC 2013a]}
• In Canada, 71,300 people were estimated to be living with HIV infection in 2011^{[PHAC 2012]}
• HIV and AIDS incidences are higher in nonwhite people than in white people in both the US and Canada (Figure 1) (Figure 2)^{[CDC 2013b; PHAC 2010]}
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