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2008 Minnesota HIV/AIDS
Surveillance Report - Key Trends
Lorraine Teel- Executive Director
Areas of Interest
• Increasing HIV Prevalence in Minnesota
• Impact on Young Gay and Bisexual Men
Increasing
• Rising Impact on Women in Minnesota
• Minnesota Success Story in Controlling HIV in
the Injecting Drug Using Community
Increasing HIV Prevalence in Minnesota
• As new individuals continue to become infected, and
fewer individuals die, prevalence rates increase.
• Prevalence of HIV in Minnesota increased by
approximately five percent to 6,220 individuals in 2008
• A key factor in controlling HIV in Minnesota is to insure
that those who are HIV-positive know their status and
access medical care.
• Studies have repeatedly shown that those who know
their status and are actively in care are less likely to
transmit virus.
• That is why HIV awareness campaigns, especially focused
on testing, are critical as is access to testing services
Increasing HIV Prevalence in Minnesota
• No major national awareness campaign since
1987. More troubling has been the continued
funding cuts to HIV prevention programs made at
state and federal levels.
• The good news is a new multi-year campaign titled
9 ½ Minutes (www.nineandahalfminutes.org) to
address lack of HIV awareness in the United States.
• This accompanies the increased estimate from the
CDC noting over 56,000 annual infections.
• Up from previous estimate of 40,000
Increasing HIV Prevalence in Minnesota
• Minnesota remains a lower incident state compared
to many nationally with data showing prevalence of
approximately 75 cases reported per 100,000
population.
• Though higher than several neighboring states
• This speaks to the success that Minnesota’s HIV
prevention programs have had with high risk
populations.
• However, also illustrates a need to address HIV
awareness and risk within the population as well
Impact on Young Gay and Bisexual Men
• There has been a rapid rise in men under 24
testing positive for HIV in the past few years.
• Approximately double the number of newly
reported cases of 2001
• For the 117 young men who tested HIV-positive
during 2006 - 2008, all of the young men who
reported risk, reported same sex contact.
 (Note: Some young men did not know what their risk
was or were not able to be interviewed)
Minnesota Success Story in Controlling HIV in the Injecting Drug Using Community and the Heterosexual Partners of these Drug Users
Impact on Young Gay and Bisexual Men
• This concerning trend is why the Minnesota
AIDS Project has begun a new outreach program
targeting young gay and bisexual men between
the ages of 18 – 24.
• These young men did not experience the height
of the AIDS epidemic during the 1980’s and
early 90’s and may have trivialized or failed to
recognize the growing risk of HIV infection.
Rising Impact on Women in Minnesota
• In 2008, women represented 27 percent of the
new infections recorded.
• Ten years ago, women represented only 18
percent of the newly-reported cases.
• Impacts all races: new cases roughly split
between Caucasian, African American, and
African born women.
Rising Impact on Women in Minnesota
• Still disproportionate representation to minority
groups in the state.
▫ 69 percent of new cases are women of color
• Why the rise?
▫ Rising prevalence of HIV in African American and
African born men increases risk for heterosexual
transmission
▫ More empowerment of women and greater
prevention education needed to slow this trend
Success in Controlling HIV in the
Injecting Drug Using Community
• Since 1988, Minnesota has had aggressive and
successful HIV intervention programs targeting
those who inject drugs.
▫ National IDU infection: 12 percent of HIV cases
• The risk of HIV infection is very high for those
who share needles and equipment and equally
risky for the sexual partners of these individuals.
Success in Controlling HIV in the
Injecting Drug Using Community
• Many IDUs engage in high risk heterosexual sex
to obtain money or shelter and may shield their
drug use from their sexual partners, employers,
family and others.
• Here in Minnesota, IDU made up a much lower
percentage of new infection, representing just
four percent of the new HIV infections last year.
Thank you for your time
For more information about HIV or the Minnesota AIDS Project
please contact the Minnesota AIDS Project AIDSLine at
612-373-AIDS (metro) or 800-248-AIDS (statewide)