More illness. Even though blacks (including African Americans) account for about 13% of the US population, they account for about half (49%) of the people who get HIV and AIDS.

For children: HIV/AIDS affects black children the most. In 2005, 104 (63%) of the 166 children under the age of 13 diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 33 states were black. 

41% of men living with HIV/AIDS were black in 2005.

64% of women living with HIV/AIDS were black in 2005

For black men, the most common ways of getting HIV are (in order).

1. having unprotected sex with another man who has HIV
2. sharing injection drug works (like needles or syringes) with someone who has HIV
3. having unprotected sex with a woman who has HIV

For black women, the most common ways of getting HIV are (in order)

1. having unprotected sex with a man who has HIV
2. sharing injection drug works (like needles or syringes) with someone who has HIV

Since the beginning of the epidemic over 200,000 African Americans with AIDS have died.

At the end of 2006 there were an estimated 1.1 million people living with HIV infection, of which almost half (46%) were black/African American.

The number of Black Americans living with AIDS increased by 31% between 2001 and 2005, compared to a 20% increase among whites.