Once an unmentionable disease, HIV/AIDS prevention has become a global cause.
For the past seventeen years, the Community Foundation of Broward has established local partnerships and combined them with national resources to result in more than two million dollars invested in 163 programs to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS in our community.
Thousands of Broward lives have been touched. Until there is a cure, HIV/AIDS will be a cause that matters.
Statistics:- Cumulatively through December 31st, 2004, 15,296 cases have been reported in Broward County, ranking second in the state in the number of AIDS cases.
- It is estimated that in Broward approximately 1 in 130 is living with HIV/AIDS: 1 in 216 Whites, 1 in 50 Blacks and 1 in 198 Hispanics.
AIDS Cases- In 2004, 1,010 AIDS cases were reported in Broward County.
- Cumulatively through 2004
- 258 pediatric AIDS cases have been reported in Broward County
- ranking second in the state in the number of pediatric AIDS cases.
- The male to-female ratio is 3:1 for cumulative reported AIDS cases
- Males account for 75%
- Females account for 25%
- Of the cumulative number of adult AIDS cases:
- 48% are among Blacks
- 43% are among Whites
- 9% are among Hispanics
| HIV Cases- Cumulatively through 2004
- 5,888 HIV cases have been reported
- 46 pediatric HIV cases (included in the total)
- Reporting of HIV was implemented in Florida on July 1st, 1997
- In 2004, 1,022 HIV (regardless of AIDS status) cases were reported in Broward County.
- The male-to female ratio is 1.7:1 of cumulative reported HIV cases
- Males account for 63%
- Females account for 37%
- Of the cumulative number of HIV cases:
- 55% are among Blacks
- 33% are among Whites
- 10% are among Hispanics
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