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Reduce the number of new HIV diagnoses — HIV‑03 Data Methodology and Measurement

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About the National Data

Data

Data Source:  National HIV Surveillance System (NHSS), CDC/NCHHSTP

Baseline: 38,351 persons aged 13 years and over were newly diagnosed with HIV in 2017

Target: 3,835 persons

Numerator
Number of reported HIV infections among persons aged 13 years and over that were confirmed through laboratory or clinical evidence during a calendar year and reported to CDC.
Target-setting method
Maintain consistency with national programs, regulations, policies, or laws
Target-setting method justification
The target was selected to align with the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Initiative, which seeks to reduce new HIV infections by 90 percent by 2030 by scaling up four evidence-based strategies- diagnose, treat, prevent, and respond. The target is a reduction of 90 percent, which is the same target used for new HIV infections.

Methodology

Methodology notes

Diagnoses are defined using the 2008 and 2014 HIV case definitions (see Technical Notes in 2019 Annual HIV Surveillance Report). This objective includes case report data from 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 6 U.S. dependent areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Republic of Palau, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) in which laws or regulations require confidential reporting to the jurisdiction (not to CDC), by name, for adults, adolescents, and children with confirmed diagnoses of HIV infection. After the removal of personally identifiable information, data from these reports were submitted to CDC. Although AIDS cases have been reported to CDC since 1981, the implementation of HIV infection reporting has differed from state to state. All states, the District of Columbia, and 6 U.S. dependent areas had fully implemented name-based HIV infection reporting by April 2008 (see Technical Notes in 2019 Annual HIV Surveillance Report for additional information).

https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/reports/hiv-surveillance/vol-32/content/technical-notes.html

History

Comparable HP2020 objective
Modified, which includes core objectives that are continuing from Healthy People 2020 but underwent a change in measurement.
Changes between HP2020 and HP2030
This objective differs from Healthy People 2020 objective HIV-1 in that HIV-1 tracked the number of new HIV diagnoses among persons of all ages, while this objective tracks the number of new HIV diagnoses among persons aged 13 years and over.