Using cutting-edge technology, the HIV/AIDS Atlas provides a powerful new tool to the public, health-care professionals, policy makers, and elected officials to access and map local, state, and national information to display the impact of HIV/AIDS. For the first time, the Atlas presents county-level prevalence rates, based on the reported numbers of people living with HIV (non-AIDS) and AIDS in 2006 [1] in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and New York City. The Atlas depicts the intensity of the disease, rather than its magnitude.
Mapping HIV/AIDS is an important step in stemming the tide of the disease. The HIV/AIDS Atlas was developed to increase awareness of and public access to HIV/AIDS information, and to enable communities to understand the reality of the disease today. The Atlas allows users to focus on available HIV/AIDS statistics by age, gender and race/ethnicity, and it allows them to see their US and state legislative districts overlaid on county-level maps.
HIV/AIDS Atlas Project
The National HIV/AIDS Atlas is a project of the National Minority Quality Forum. The data were collected and analyzed by National Minority Quality Forum staff in partnership with the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the School of Public Health & Health Services at George Washington University in Washington, DC
Using the Atlas
If you are not a registered user, you may register now to access the HIV/AIDS Atlas.
If you are a registered HIV/AIDS Atlas user, you may log in to access the atlas.
Notes
- While most states reported 2006 data to NMQF, Maine, Puerto Rico and Rhode Island provided 2005 data, and Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire and Washington provided 2007.
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