HIV/AIDS in Georgia

Infection rates are high in Georgia and metro Atlanta. Georgia ranked 4^th in the number of new AIDS cases, 7^th in cumulative AIDS cases and 8^th in the number of persons living with AIDS in 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2005. Of the 19 public health districts in Georgia, nine had an AIDS case rate above the national average. 

  

Based on data from the Georgia Department of Human Resources’ Epidemiology Branch of the Division of Public Health, estimates for metro Atlanta show more than 26,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, and more than 9,500 of these (37%) have diagnosed AIDS cases. The region accounts for 66 percent of the total AIDS cases in Georgia. Within metro Atlanta, Fulton and DeKalb counties have the highest infection rates.