Data for the year 2021 are preliminary. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, data for years 2020 and 2021 should be interpreted with caution. Visit coronavirus.gov for the latest Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) updates.
COVID-19 disruptions in HIV, diagnosis, care and reporting of deaths during 2020 have also made incidence, prevalence, and knowledge of status estimates derived from a CD4-based model, unreliable. Therefore, the HIV surveillance supplemental report Estimated HIV Incidence and Prevalence in the U.S., which provides data on estimated incidence, prevalence, and knowledge of status in the U.S., was not published by CDC this year.

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Glossary

Learn more about the terminology used in the Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America initiative.

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Transgender

This is an umbrella term that refers to persons whose sex assigned at birth does not match current gender identity or expression. Transgender male-to-female refers to individuals who were assigned male sex at birth but have ever identified as female gender. Transgender female-to-male refers to individuals who were assigned female sex at birth but have ever identified as male gender.