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The most recent CDC HIV Surveillance Report estimates that 38,281 new cases of HIV were diagnosed in the United States in 2017, a rate of 11.8 per 100,000 population. This rate is a decrease from the previous year's estimates, which indicated 39,589 new infections and a rate of 12.2 per 100,000 population. Individuals between 25-29 years-old had the highest rates of new infection, with a rate of 32.9 per 100,000. Regarding race and ethnicity, the highest rates of new infections in 2017 occurred in the Black/African-American population, with a rate of new infections of 41.1 per 100,000. This more than doubled the next highest rate for a racial or ethnic group, which was Hispanic/Latino with a rate of 16.6 per 100,000. The lowest rates of new infection in 2017 occurred in the White population and Asian population, which each had a new infection rate of 5.1 per 100,000.

The most common transmission of new infections remains male-to-male sexual contact, which accounted for roughly 66.6% of all new infections in the US in 2017. With regard to region of residence, the highest rates of new infections in 2017 occurred in the United States South, with 19,968 total new infections and 16.1 infections per 100,000. The region identified as South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.