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QuickStats: Death Rates* for Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV) Disease Among Women, by Race and Age Group --- United States,
1987--2005
* Rate per 100,000 population for HIV disease as underlying cause of death.
In 1987, HIV infection was added to the
International Classification of Diseases, Ninth
Revision (ICD-9). In 1999, ICD-10 took effect, resulting in additional deaths
being classified into the HIV disease category; therefore, death rates for 1987--1998 are not comparable with those computed after 1998.
In 2005, HIV disease was the third leading cause of death for black women aged 25--44 years and the fourth leading cause
of death for black women aged 45--54 years. Among all women, HIV disease mortality increased during 1987--1995,
then decreased until 1998. From 1998 to 2005, HIV disease mortality for black women aged 25--44 years decreased to
20.7 deaths per 100,000 population in 2005, and the rate for black women aged 45--54 years increased to 27.9 deaths
per 100,000. Death rates for white women in these age groups were less than one tenth those for black women in 2005.
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