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Table 27. Estimated Number of Persons Living with AIDS ¹ by Sex and Exposure Category,1993–2001

	Exposure Category
	Men who have sex with men (MSM)	Injecting drug use (IDU)	MSM and IDU	Hemo- philia/co- agulation disorder	Hetero- sexual contact	Receipt of blood trans- fusion ²	Risk not reported or identified	Total	Percent drug- related ³
Male adult/adolescent
1993	86,074	34,157	14,038	1,607	6,141	865	964	143,846	33.5%
1994	94,249	39,646	15,128	1,687	7,952	883	912	160,457	34.1%
1995	100,131	43,635	16,007	1,710	9,812	922	900	173,117	34.5%
1996	109,335	47,754	16,885	1,718	12,247	987	928	189,854	34.0%
1997	120,951	52,599	18,227	1,771	15,021	1,070	968	210,607	33.6%
1998	131,184	56,450	19,265	1,803	17,725	1,176	1,015	228,618	33.1%
1999	141,080	60,075	20,107	1,830	20,500	1,281	1,061	245,934	32.6%
2000	151,212	63,756	20,756	—	23,412	—	4,348	263,484	32.1%
2001	162,151	67,336	21,520	—	26,660	—	4,453	282,250	31.5%
Female adult/adolescent
1993	N/A	13,843	N/A	91	11,837	732	365	26,868	51.5%
1994	N/A	16,244	N/A	109	15,172	812	366	32,703	49.7%
1995	N/A	18,311	N/A	133	18,498	843	367	38,152	48.0%
1996	N/A	20,279	N/A	160	22,596	923	400	44,358	45.7%
1997	N/A	22,557	N/A	196	27,016	1,010	445	51,224	44.0%
1998	N/A	24,307	N/A	224	31,225	1,107	483	57,346	42.4%
1999	N/A	25,737	N/A	243	35,366	1,206	520	63,072	40.8%
2000	N/A	27,395	N/A	—	40,111	—	2,183	69,689	39.3%
2001	N/A	29,145	N/A	—	45,128	—	2,423	76,696	38.0%
—Data not available. N/A Not applicable. ¹Excludes pediatric (<13 years old)aids cases.these numbers do not represent actual cases of persons living with aids.rather,they are point estimates of persons living with aids derived by subtracting the estimated cumulative number of deaths in persons with aids from the estimated cumulative number of persons with aids.estimated aids cases are adjusted for reporting delays and for redistribution of cases initially reported with no identified risk but not for incomplete reporting.annual estimates are through the most recent year for which reliable estimates are available. ²Includes receipt of blood components or tissue. ³Proportion includes injection drug users and MSM who are injection drug users. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: U.S. HIV and AIDS cases reported through December 2001, 13 (2), Table 30.

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