GaDPH Data 2021
GaDPH Data 2021
S UMMARY
Georgia, 2021
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SUGGESTED CITATION: Georgia Department of Public Health, HIV Epidemiology Section HIV Surveillance Summary,
Georgia 2021, [Link]
surveillance, Published April 2023, [Accessed: date]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Publication of this report was made possible with the contributions of the Georgia DPH HES
Core HIV Surveillance staff, HIV Case Report Forms submitted by Georgia healthcare facility staff, HIV infection-related
laboratory test results transmitted by laboratory facilities in Georgia, data matches with other DPH programs, and the
ongoing efforts of multiple individuals from public and private sector organizations dedicated to improving surveillance,
prevention, testing, and care of persons with HIV infection.
Georgia HIV Core Surveillance Team contributors: Jose Adame, Lauren Barrineau-Vejjajiva, Thelma Fannin, Latosha
Johnson, Rodriques Lambert, Daniel Mauck, Mildred McGainey, Contessa Meadows, Latoya Lemons, Kim Norris, Rama
Namballa, Doris Pearson, Courtney Philpott, A. Eugene Pennisi, Sylve Rawls, Akilah Spratling, and Gerriana Willams.
This report was prepared by the following staff from the Georgia Department of Public Health: Nellie Garlow, MPH;
Jenna Gettings, DVM, MPH; Pascale Wortley, MD, MPH; Cherie Drenzek, DVM, MS.
TABLE O F CON TENT S
HIV SURVEILLANCE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................ 1
HIV Epidemiology Program ............................................................................................................................................................... 1
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Definitions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7
References ............................................................................................................................................................................... 8
TABLES ................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, Georgia, 2021 ........................................................................................................................... 11
Table 1. HIV diagnoses, late diagnoses, and stage 3 (AIDS) diagnoses, Georgia, 2021 ................................................................... 11
Table 2. HIV diagnoses, late diagnoses, and stage 3 (AIDS) diagnoses among Cisgender Males, Georgia, 2021 ............................ 12
Table 3. HIV diagnoses, late diagnoses, and stage 3 (AIDS) diagnoses among Cisgender Females, Georgia, 2021 ........................ 13
Table 4. HIV diagnoses, late diagnoses, and stage 3 (AIDS) diagnoses among Transgender Persons and Persons with an
Additional Gender Identity, Georgia, 2021...................................................................................................................................... 14
Table 5. Persons with HIV (PWH), and PWH ever Stage 3 (AIDS), Georgia, as of 12/31/2021 ........................................................ 15
Table 6. Persons with HIV (PWH), and PWH ever stage 3 (AIDS), Cisgender Males, Georgia, as of 12/31/2021 ............................ 16
Table 7. Persons with HIV (PWH), and PWH ever stage 3 (AIDS), Cisgender Females, Georgia, as of 12/31/2021......................... 17
Table 8. Persons with HIV (PWH), and PWH ever stage 3 (AIDS), Transgender Persons and Persons with an Additional Gender
Identity, Georgia, as of 12/31/2021 ................................................................................................................................................ 18
HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV by Public Health District ........................................................................................................... 19
Table 9. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 1-1 (Rome), Georgia, 2021 ......................................................................... 19
Table 10. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 1-2 (Dalton), Georgia, 2021 ..................................................................... 20
Table 11. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 2 (Gainesville), Georgia, 2021 .................................................................. 21
Table 12. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 3-1 (Cobb/Douglas), Georgia, 2021 ......................................................... 22
Table 13. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 3-2 (Fulton), Georgia, 2021 ...................................................................... 23
Table 14. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 3-3 (Clayton), Georgia, 2021 .................................................................... 24
Table 15. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 3-4 (East Metro), Georgia, 2021............................................................... 25
Table 16. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 3-5 (DeKalb), Georgia, 2021 ..................................................................... 26
Table 17. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 4 (LaGrange), Georgia, 2021 .................................................................... 27
Table 18. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 5-1 (Dublin), Georgia, 2021 ...................................................................... 28
Table 19. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 5-2 (Macon), Georgia, 2021 ..................................................................... 29
Table 20. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 6 (Augusta), Georgia, 2021 ...................................................................... 30
Table 21. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 7 (Columbus), Georgia, 2021 ................................................................... 31
Table 22. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 8-1 (Valdosta), Georgia, 2021................................................................... 32
Table 23. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 8-2 (Albany), Georgia, 2021 ..................................................................... 33
Table 24. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 9-1 (Savannah), Georgia, 2021 ................................................................. 34
Table 25. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 9-2 (Waycross), Georgia, 2021 ................................................................. 35
Table 26. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, District 10 (Athens), Georgia, 2021 ...................................................................... 36
Table 27. HIV Diagnoses and Persons with HIV, Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area1, Georgia, 2021 ......................................... 37
Table 28. Late diagnoses by Public Health District and for Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area, Georgia, 2021 .......................... 38
Table 29. HIV diagnoses and Persons with HIV (PWH): Public Health District and County number and rates per 100,000
population, Georgia, 2021............................................................................................................................................................... 39
Table 30. Distribution of the general population by race/ethnicity, Georgia 2021 ......................................................................... 44
Reporting ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 45
INTRODUCTION
Information on the Georgia HIV care continuum can be
found in a separate report at the following web page:
[Link]
epidemiology-section/hiv-care-continuum.
HIV infection remains an important public health
problem in the state of Georgia. As of the end of 2021,
there were 61,518 persons with HIV in Georgia, and After the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national
2,412 persons were diagnosed in 2021. The number of and state emergency in March 2020, access to
persons with HIV continues to increase because of healthcare services, including HIV testing, prevention,
effective therapies now available. Based on the Centers and care-related services, became reduced or
for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2020 HIV temporarily suspended. The number of people
th
Surveillance Report, Georgia was ranked the 4 highest diagnosed with HIV decreased in 2020, at least in part
in the nation for the total number of new diagnoses of because of decreased testing availability and changes in
HIV infection among adults and adolescents after health care seeking patterns, but returned to pre-
th
Florida, California, and Texas, and ranked the 5 highest COVID-19 levels in 2021.
for the number of persons with HIV infection, after
Florida, California, Texas, and New York1. Georgia ranked
2nd in the rate of HIV diagnosis among adults and
adolescents after the District of Columbia, and 4th in the
rate of persons with HIV after the District of Columbia,
Maryland, and New York.
This report includes surveillance data reported through Prior to 2021, gender identity was determined based on
December 31, 2021 for cases diagnosed through sex assigned at birth and current gender identity (i.e.,
December 31, 2021. This report is limited to cases most recent data available). In 2021, the calculation for
diagnosed through December 2021 to take into gender identity was adjusted by adding information
account delays in reporting, and to allow for obtaining from a third variable: whether the patient had ever had
follow up information on reported cases. “transgender – female to male”, “transgender – male to
female”, or “additional gender identity” listed as their
HIV diagnoses include persons with a diagnosis of HIV current gender identity in their eHARS record. This was
infection, regardless of the stage of disease at diagnosis, added to account for potential documentation issues,
such as if a more recent case report form was Public Health HIV Surveillance Security and
incomplete and did not include updated information on Confidentiality Guidelines.
a person’s transgender or additional gender identity
status. As a result of this change, ascertainment
increased of persons whose gender identity was
transgender or additional gender identity. For instance,
in 2020, there were 683 transgender individuals living
with HIV and in 2021, there were 893 transgender DEFINITIONS
individuals and 39 individuals with an additional gender
identity living with HIV.
HIV DIAGNOSES are cases diagnosed between January 1
and December 31, 2021, with a Georgia address of
Current gender identity is sometimes incomplete in
residence at the time of HIV diagnosis, and who were
eHARS records, so the numbers reported here for
reported to the Georgia Department of Public Health by
transgender and additional gender identity are most
December 31, 2022, regardless of stage at diagnosis.
likely an underestimate. Current gender identity fields
This group includes persons whose initial diagnosis is
which include the options of “transgender – female to
Stage 3 (AIDS).
male” and “transgender – male to female”, were added
to the case report form in 2007, thus prevalent counts
of HIV among transgender persons may be incomplete LATE DIAGNOSES are the subset of HIV diagnoses who
for persons diagnosed prior to 2007. are found to be Stage 3 (AIDS) within 12 months of HIV
diagnosis date. Such persons are termed late diagnoses
Persons with transmission category “perinatal/other because their advanced stage at diagnosis indicates that
pediatric” include infants born in Georgia who acquired they were most likely infected for many years before
HIV through perinatal transmission, as well as infants diagnosis.
born outside of Georgia who acquired HIV through
perinatal transmission and were first diagnosed with STAGE 3 (AIDS) DIAGNOSES include two groups: 1)
HIV in Georgia. For more information on perinatal HIV persons newly diagnosed with HIV in 2021, found to
exposure surveillance in Georgia, see the Perinatal HIV meet the definition for Stage 3 (AIDS) at diagnosis, and
Exposure Surveillance Report at with a Georgia address at or near the time of Stage 3
[Link] diagnosis; and 2) persons found to meet the Stage 3
epidemiology-section/perinatal-exposure-surveillance. definition in 2021 with a Georgia address at or near the
time of Stage 3 diagnosis, regardless of the date of their
For data presented at the Public Health District or initial HIV diagnosis.
Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) level, all
cells with values between 1 and 4 observations are PERSONS WITH HIV INFECTION are persons diagnosed
censored in accordance with the Georgia Department of by December 31, 2021, who are not known to be
deceased, and for whom the most recent address clarifies how the data are defined: “heterosexual con-
available is in Georgia. tact with a person known to have, or to be at high risk
for, HIV infection”.
PERSONS WITH HIV, EVER STAGE 3 are persons
diagnosed by December 31, 2021, who are not known CURRENT RESIDENCE Current address is determined using
to be deceased, for whom the most recent address the date of the most recently entered residential address
available is in Georgia, and who met the case definition as of 12/31/2021 into the Georgia eHARS. The number of
for Stage 3 (AIDS) at some point. persons with HIV is based on current address.
category is the term for the classification of cases that eHARS database with the Georgia Vital Records
summarizes a person’s possible HIV risk factors. The death data, the National Death Index, and the
summary classification results from selecting the one Social Security Death Index to ascertain vital status.
most likely risk factor to have been responsible for HIV
transmission from the presumed hierarchical order of
RATES: Denominators for population rates are based on
probability. For surveillance purposes, HIV and AIDS
the 2021 estimates of the Georgia resident population
cases are counted only once in the hierarchy of
retrieved from the Georgia Department of Public
transmission categories. Persons with more than one
Health, Office of Health Indicators for Planning (OHIP).
reported risk factor for HIV infection are classified in the
transmission category according to the behavior that is
PERCENTAGES: Total percentages may not add up to
most likely to have resulted in transmission. The
100% due to rounding.
exception is men who report sexual contact with other
COUNTS: Counts in the gender, race/ethnicity, and age
men and injection drug use; this group makes up a
categories may not add up to the overall totals due to a
separate transmission category. Persons whose
small number of cases with missing information (<2
transmission category is classified as heterosexual
percent).
contact are persons who report heterosexual contact
specifically with a person known to have or be at high
risk for HIV infection (e.g., an injection drug user/IDU).
The term high risk is not included in the transmission
REFERENCES
category label for heterosexual contact in the tables
because heterosexual contact itself is the risk factor
most likely to have been responsible for transmission.
However, the Table 3 footnote regarding this category
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV 3. Department of Public Health, Rules and regulations
Surveillance Report, 2019; vol.32. 290-48.11 (2003); Official Code of Georgia Annotated
[Link] (O.C.G.A.) § 31-22-9.2 (2011)
[Link]. Published May 2021.
4. Harrison KM, Kajese T, Hall HI, Song R. Risk factor
2. White House Office of National AIDS Policy. National redistribution of the national HIV/AIDS surveillance
HIV/AIDS Strategy (2022-2025). [Link] data: an alternative approach. Public Health Rep
[Link]/s3fs-public/NHAS-2022- 2008;123:618–27.
[Link]. Published 2021.
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TABLE 1. HIV DIAGNOSES, L ATE DIAGNOSES, AND STAGE 3 (AIDS) DIAGNOSES, GEORGIA, 2021
N %* N %* row % N %*
Total 2,412 100.0 567 100.0 23.5 1,207 100.0
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 1,877 77.8 444 78.3 23.7 917 76.0
Cisgender Female 476 19.7 111 19.6 23.3 266 22.0
Transgender Persons/Additional Gender Identity 59 2.4 12 2.1 20.3 24 2.0
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 1,704 70.6 384 67.7 22.5 879 72.8
White/Non Hispanic 347 14.4 86 15.2 24.8 160 13.3
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 238 9.9 64 11.3 26.9 105 8.7
American Indian/Alaska Native 2 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 30 1.2 10 1.8 33.3 11 0.9
Multiple races 63 2.6 16 2.8 25.4 42 3.5
*Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. 1. Late diagnosis: stage 3 (AIDS) diagnosis within 12 months of HIV diagnosis. Row % is percent of HIV diagnoses that
were late diagnoses 2. Stage 3 (AIDS): includes persons diagnosed with stage 3 in 2021, regardless of year of HIV diagnosis. 3. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact
with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with. hemophilia/coagulation disorder,
transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 4. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases <13 born to HIV-infected mother, cases <13
with missing risk, and cases <13 with other risk (e.g., sexual transmission). 5. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be
different from unadjusted subtotals due to rounding.
TABLE 2. HIV DIAGNOSES, L ATE DIAGNOSES, AND STAGE 3 (AIDS) DIAGNOSES AMONG
CISGENDER MALES, GEORGIA, 2021
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 1,291 68.8 286 64.4 22.2 648 70.7
White/Non Hispanic 277 14.8 77 17.3 27.8 132 14.4
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 207 11.0 57 12.8 27.5 89 9.7
American Indian/Alaska Native 2 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 23 1.2 5 1.1 21.7 6 0.7
Multiple races 54 2.9 14 3.2 25.9 35 3.8
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. 1. Late diagnosis: stage 3 (AIDS) diagnosis within 12 months of HIV diagnosis. Row % is percent of HIV
diagnoses that were late diagnoses 2. Stage 3 (AIDS): includes persons diagnosed with stage 3 in 2021, regardless of year of HIV diagnosis. 3. Heterosexual
contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person
with. hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 4. Perinatal/other pediatric:
cases born to HIV-infected mother, cases <13 with missing risk, and cases <13 with other risk (e.g., sexual transmission). 5. Adjusted for missing risk using
multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different from unadjusted subtotals due to rounding.
TABLE 3. HIV DIAGNOSES, L ATE DIAGNOSES, AND STAGE 3 (AIDS) DIAGNOSES AMONG
CISGENDER FEMALES, GEORGIA, 2021
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 367 77.1 89 80.2 24.3 211 79.3
White/Non Hispanic 65 13.7 7 6.3 10.8 25 9.4
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 25 5.3 7 6.3 28.0 16 6.0
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 6 1.3 4 3.6 66.7 4 1.5
Multiple races 8 1.7 2 1.8 25.0 7 2.6
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. 1. Late diagnosis: stage 3 (AIDS) diagnosis within 12 months of HIV diagnosis. Row % is percent of HIV
diagnoses that were late diagnoses 2. Stage 3 (AIDS): includes persons diagnosed with stage 3 in 2021, regardless of year of HIV diagnosis. 3. Heterosexual
contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person
with. hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 4. Perinatal/other pediatric:
cases born to HIV-infected mother, cases <13 with missing risk, and cases <13 with other risk (e.g., sexual transmission). 5. Adjusted for missing risk using
multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different from unadjusted subtotals due to rounding.
TABLE 4. HIV DIAGNOSES, L ATE DIAGNOSES, AND STAGE 3 (AIDS) DIAGNOSES AMONG
TRANSGENDER PERSONS AND PERSONS WITH AN ADDITIONAL GENDER IDENTITY, GEORGIA,
2021
Gender Identity
Transgender Woman 58 98.3 12 100.0 20.7 23 95.8
Transgender Man 1 1.7 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
Additional Gender Identity 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4.2
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 46 78.0 9 75.0 19.6 20 83.3
White/Non Hispanic 5 8.5 2 16.7 40.0 3 12.5
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 6 10.2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1 1.7 1 8.3 100.0 1 4.2
Multiple races 1 1.7 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
1. Late diagnosis: stage 3 (AIDS) diagnosis within 12 months of HIV diagnosis. 2. Stage 3 (AIDS): includes persons diagnosed with stage 3 in 2021, regardless of
year of HIV diagnosis. 3. Includes sex with male and probable heterosexual transmission as noted in medical chart. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple
imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different from unadjusted subtotals due to rounding.
TABLE 5. PERSONS WITH HIV (PWH), AND PWH EVER STAGE 3 (AIDS), GEORGIA, AS OF
12/31/2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 46,279 75.2 22,855 75.0
Cisgender Female 14,251 23.2 7,201 23.6
Transgender Persons/Additional Gender Identity 932 1.5 412 1.4
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 41,864 68.1 21,027 69.0
White/Non Hispanic 10,317 16.8 5,000 16.4
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 4,823 7.8 2,360 7.7
American Indian/Alaska Native 24 0.0 9 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 325 0.5 122 0.4
Multiple races 3,229 5.2 1,808 5.9
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. 1. Persons whose infection was ever classified as stage 3 (AIDS). 2. Heterosexual contact: Defined as
sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with
hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 3. Includes perinatal exposure
current age > 13, hemophilia, blood transfusion. 4. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases<13 born to HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 5.
Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods.
TABLE 6. PERSONS WITH HIV (PWH), AND PWH EVER STAGE 3 (AIDS), CISGENDER MALES,
GEORGIA, AS OF 12/31/2021
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 30,190 65.2 15,049 65.8
White/Non Hispanic 8,780 19.0 4,314 18.9
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 3,880 8.4 1,897 8.3
American Indian/Alaska Native 22 0.0 7 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 241 0.5 94 0.4
Multiple races 2,482 5.4 1,375 6.0
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. 1. Persons whose infection was ever classified as stage 3 (AIDS). 2. Heterosexual contact: Defined as
sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with
hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 3. Includes perinatal exposure
current age > 13, hemophilia, blood transfusion. 4. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases <13 born to HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 5. Adjusted
for missing risk using multiple imputation methods.
TABLE 7. PERSONS WITH HIV (PWH), AND PWH EVER STAGE 3 (AIDS), CISGENDER FEMALES,
GEORGIA, AS OF 12/31/2021
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 10,918 76.6 5,648 78.4
White/Non Hispanic 1,490 10.5 672 9.3
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 848 6.0 414 5.7
American Indian/Alaska Native 2 0.0 2 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 82 0.6 26 0.4
Multiple races 701 4.9 412 5.7
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. 1. Persons whose infection was ever classified as stage 3 (AIDS). 2. Heterosexual contact: Defined as
sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with
hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 3. Includes perinatal exposure
current age > 13, hemophilia, blood transfusion. 4. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases <13 born to HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 5. Adjusted
for missing risk using multiple imputation methods.
TABLE 8. PERSONS WITH HIV (PWH), AND PWH EVER STAGE 3 (AIDS), TRANSGENDER PERSONS
AND PERSONS WITH AN ADDITIONAL GENDER IDENTITY , GEORGIA, AS OF 12/31/2021
Gender Identity
Transgender Woman 859 92.2 377 91.5
Transgender Man 34 3.6 14 3.4
Additional Gender Identity 39 4.2 21 5.1
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 747 80.2 328 79.6
White/Non Hispanic 44 4.7 13 3.2
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 93 10.0 48 11.7
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 0 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 2 0.2 2 0.5
Multiple races 46 4.9 21 5.1
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. 1. Persons whose infection was ever classified as stage 3 (AIDS). 2. Includes sex with male and probable
heterosexual transmission as noted in medical chart 3. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13, hemophilia, blood transfusion.4. Adjusted for missing risk
using multiple imputation methods.
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TABLE 9. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 1-1 (ROME), GEORGIA, 2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 47 78.3 945 73.0
Cisgender Female 10 16.7 341 26.4
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity <5 --- 8 0.6
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 30 50.0 526 40.6
White/Non Hispanic 22 36.7 569 44.0
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 5 8.3 115 8.9
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 0 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0.0 7 0.5
Multiple races <5 --- 60 4.6
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk
such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation,
and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases
<13 born to HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be
different from unadjusted subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 10. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 1-2 (DALTON), GEORGIA,
2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 19 79.2 588 77.9
Cisgender Female <5 --- 156 20.7
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity <5 --- 9 1.3
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic <5 --- 138 18.3
White/Non Hispanic 11 45.8 420 55.6
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 9 37.5 136 18.0
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 0 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <5 --- <5 ---
Multiple races 0 0.0 43 5.7
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as
injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or
person with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion. 3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases <13 born to
HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different from
unadjusted subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 11. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 2 (GAINESVILLE), GEORGIA, 2021
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as
injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or person with
AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases <13 born to HIV-infected
mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different from unadjusted subtotals
due to rounding
TABLE 12. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 3-1 (COBB/DOUGLAS), GEORGIA,
2021
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as
injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or
person with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases<13 born to
HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different from
unadjusted subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 13. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 3-2 (FULTON), GEORGIA, 2021
N %* N %*
Total 537 100.0 16,667 100.0
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 453 84.4 13,864 83.2
Cisgender Female 72 13.4 2,500 15.0
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity 12 2.2 288 1.7
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 420 78.2 12,144 72.9
White/Non Hispanic 57 10.6 2,402 14.4
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 37 6.9 993 6.0
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 8 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 5 0.9 58 0.3
Multiple races 13 2.4 852 5.1
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as
injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or person
with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases <13 born to HIV-
infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different from unadjusted
subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 14. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 3-3 (CLAYTON), GEORGIA, 2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 92 75.4 2,259 72.1
Cisgender Female 25 20.5 805 25.7
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity 5 4.1 68 2.2
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 107 87.7 2,597 82.9
White/Non Hispanic <5 --- 109 3.5
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race <5 --- 199 6.4
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 <5 ---
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <5 --- 28 0.9
Multiple races <5 --- 165 5.3
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as
injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or person
with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases <13 born to HIV-
infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different from unadjusted
subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 15. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 3-4 (EAST METRO), GEORGIA,
2021
HIV diagnoses PWH as of 12/31/2021
N %* N %*
Total 229 100.0 4,752 100.0
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 178 77.7 3,431 72.2
Cisgender Female 49 21.4 1,254 26.4
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity <5 --- 63 1.3
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 132 57.6 2,879 60.6
White/Non Hispanic 30 13.1 720 15.2
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 51 22.3 773 16.3
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 <5 ---
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 8 3.5 71 1.5
Multiple races 7 3.1 232 4.9
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as
injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or person
with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases <13 born to HIV-
infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different from unadjusted
subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 16. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 3-5 (DEKALB), GEORGIA,
2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 287 82.5 8,024 79.7
Cisgender Female 50 14.4 1,851 18.4
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity 11 3.2 177 1.8
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 271 77.9 7,180 71.4
White/Non Hispanic 23 6.6 1,470 14.6
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 35 10.1 746 7.4
American Indian/Alaska Native <5 --- 5 0.1
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <5 --- 76 0.8
Multiple races 8 2.3 471 4.7
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as
injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or person
with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases <13 born to HIV-
infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different from unadjusted
subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 17. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 4 (L AGRANGE), GEORGIA, 2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 81 77.9 1,882 71.7
Cisgender Female 23 22.1 711 27.1
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity 0 0.0 30 1.1
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 66 63.5 1,710 65.1
White/Non Hispanic 28 26.9 555 21.1
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 6 5.8 169 6.4
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 <5 ---
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <5 --- 7 0.3
Multiple races <5 --- 153 5.8
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as
injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or person
with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases <13 born to HIV-
infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different from unadjusted
subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 18. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 5-1 (DUBLIN), GEORGIA,
2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 16 80.0 397 65.7
Cisgender Female <5 --- 204 33.8
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity 0 0.0 <5 ---
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 15 75.0 424 70.2
White/Non Hispanic <5 --- 73 12.1
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race <5 --- 52 8.6
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 0 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0.0 0 0.0
Multiple races <5 --- 48 7.9
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as
injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or
person with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion. 3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases <13 born to
HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different from
unadjusted subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 19. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 5-2 (MACON), GEORGIA,
2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 90 70.3 1,642 67.4
Cisgender Female 36 28.1 756 31.0
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity <5 --- 34 1.4
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 98 76.6 1,807 74.2
White/Non Hispanic 21 16.4 355 14.6
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 5 3.9 105 4.3
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 <5 ---
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0.0 <5 ---
Multiple races <5 --- 143 5.9
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk
such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation,
and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases<13
born to HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different
from unadjusted subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 20. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 6 (AUGUSTA), GEORGIA, 2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 86 84.3 1,551 66.8
Cisgender Female 13 12.7 729 31.4
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity <5 --- 41 1.8
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 75 73.5 1,742 75.1
White/Non Hispanic 17 16.7 368 15.9
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 5 4.9 80 3.4
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 0 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0.0 <5 ---
Multiple races <5 --- 108 4.7
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk
such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation,
and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases
<13 born to HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be
different from unadjusted subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 21. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 7 (COLUMBUS), GEORGIA, 2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 59 70.2 1,294 66.2
Cisgender Female 23 27.4 638 32.7
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity <5 --- 19 1.0
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 66 78.6 1,445 74.0
White/Non Hispanic 10 11.9 241 12.3
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 7 8.3 120 6.1
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 <5 ---
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0.0 <5 ---
Multiple races <5 --- 93 4.8
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk
such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation,
and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases
<13 born to HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be
different from unadjusted subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 22. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 8-1 (VALDOSTA), GEORGIA, 2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 39 69.6 764 60.3
Cisgender Female 17 30.4 495 39.1
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity 0 0.0 7 0.6
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 31 55.4 866 68.4
White/Non Hispanic 15 26.8 211 16.7
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 6 10.7 103 8.1
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 0 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0.0 <5 ---
Multiple races <5 --- 73 5.8
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk
such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation,
and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases
<13 born to HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be
different from unadjusted subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 23. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 8-2 (ALBANY), GEORGIA, 2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 52 66.7 1,129 62.1
Cisgender Female 26 33.3 673 37.0
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity 0 0.0 17 0.9
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 65 83.3 1,448 79.6
White/Non Hispanic 9 11.5 179 9.8
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race <5 --- 69 3.8
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 <5 ---
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0.0 <5 ---
Multiple races <5 --- 108 5.9
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk
such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation,
and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases
<13 born to HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be
different from unadjusted subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 24. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 9-1 (SAVANNAH), GEORGIA, 2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 101 74.8 1,960 67.4
Cisgender Female 29 21.5 909 31.3
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity 5 3.7 36 1.2
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 90 66.7 1,901 65.4
White/Non Hispanic 26 19.3 585 20.1
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 11 8.1 197 6.8
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 <5 ---
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0.0 11 0.4
Multiple races 5 3.7 171 5.9
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk
such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation,
and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases
<13 born to HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be
different from unadjusted subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 25. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 9-2 (WAYCROSS), GEORGIA, 2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 50 69.4 850 66.1
Cisgender Female 18 25.0 418 32.5
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity <5 --- 17 1.3
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 49 68.1 783 60.9
White/Non Hispanic 15 20.8 275 21.4
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 7 9.7 118 9.2
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 0 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0.0 <5 ---
Multiple races <5 --- 82 6.4
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as
injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or
person with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion. 3. Perinatal/other pediatric: cases <13 born to
HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may be different from
unadjusted subtotals due to rounding
TABLE 26. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, DISTRICT 10 (ATHENS), GEORGIA, 2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 40 67.8 760 67.3
Cisgender Female 18 30.5 347 30.7
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity <5 --- 21 1.9
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 37 62.7 619 54.8
White/Non Hispanic 14 23.7 320 28.3
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 7 11.9 111 9.8
American Indian/Alaska Native 0 0.0 0 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0.0 7 0.6
Multiple races <5 --- 62 5.5
* Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding 1. Heterosexual contact: Defined as sexual contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk
such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder, transfusion recipient with HIV documentation,
and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 2. Includes perinatal exposure current age > 13; hemophilia, blood transfusion.3. Perinatal/other pediatric:
cases<13 born to HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 4. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted subtotals may
be different from unadjusted subtotals due to rounding
H I V D I A G N O S E S A N D P E R S O N S W I T H H I V, AT L A N TA M S A
TABLE 27. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV, ATL ANTA METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL
AREA 1 , GEORGIA, 2021
Gender Identity
Cisgender Male 1,288 80.6 34,081 78.6
Cisgender Female 271 16.9 8,507 19.6
Transgender Person/Additional Gender Identity 40 2.5 713 1.6
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Non Hispanic 1,152 72.0 29,912 69.0
White/Non Hispanic 189 11.8 6,787 15.7
Hispanic/Latino, Any Race 169 10.6 3,578 8.3
American Indian/Alaska Native <5 --- 19 0.0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 27 1.7 279 0.6
Multiple races 42 2.6 2,228 5.1
*Percents may not add up to 100 due to rounding [Link], Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton,
Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, Walton [Link] contact: Defined as sexual
contact with someone of the opposite sex with known risk such as injection drug use, bisexual male (applies to females only), person with hemophilia/coagulation disorder,
transfusion recipient with HIV documentation, and or person with AIDS or documented HIV. 3. Includes perinatal exposure age>13, hemophilia, blood transfusion.4.
Perinatal/other pediatric: cases <13 years born to HIV-infected mother, and cases <13 with missing risk. 5. Adjusted for missing risk using multiple imputation methods. Adjusted
subtotals may be different from unadjusted subtotals due to rounding
L AT E D I A G N O S E S B Y P U B L I C H E A LT H D I S T R I C T A N D
AT L A N TA M S A
TABLE 28. L ATE DIAGNOSES BY PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT AND FOR ATL ANTA METROPOLITAN
STATISTICAL AREA, GEORGIA, 2021
N N row %
District
1-1 Northwest (Rome) 60 17 28.3
1. Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard,
Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, Walton
P U B L I C H E A LT H D I S T R I C T A N D C O U N T Y R AT E S
TABLE 29. HIV DIAGNOSES AND PERSONS WITH HIV (PWH): PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT AND
COUNTY NUMBER AND RATES PER 100,000 POPUL ATION, GEORGIA , 2021
N1 Rate/100,0002,3 N1 Rate/100,0002,3
1. Values of 1-4 are censored 2. Rates are not calculated when numerator is <12. 3. Persons residing in correctional facilities are included in this report and may inflate rates in
certain geographic regions where there are large numbers of HIV-positive inmates. 4. Most cases associated with a federal immigration detention facility located in this county.
D I S T R I B U T I O N O F G E N E R A L P O P U L AT I O N B Y
RACE/ETHNICITY
TABLE 30. DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENERAL POPUL ATION BY RACE/ETHNICITY, GEORGIA 2021
Total 10,799,566
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REPORTING
All health care providers diagnosing and/or providing care to a patient with HIV are required by Georgia law (O.C.G.A.
§31-12-1) to report HIV infection using the HIV/AIDS Case Report Form.
Case report forms should be completed within seven (7) days of diagnosing a patient with HIV and/or AIDS or within
seven (7) days of assuming care of an HIV positive patient who is new to the provider, regardless of whether the
patient has previously received care elsewhere.
For more questions on HIV case reporting in Georgia please contact the HIV Surveillance Coordinator at 1-800-827-
9769