The data displays the U.S. states with the highest number of HIV diagnoses in 2016. In that year, there were around 39,660 HIV diagnoses in total all over the U.S. Of these, 4,961 were diagnosed in California.
HIV diagnoses by U.S. state
California and Florida had some of the highest figures of HIV diagnoses in the U.S. in 2016, reaching 4,961 and 4,940 diagnoses, respectively. Swaziland has some of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world, reaching 27.2% in 2016.
HIV infections have been decreasing globally and in 2001, there were 3 million new infections worldwide.
