What’s Really Happening With Black Women In America?

Source: CDCBlack WomenBlack women account for the largest share of new HIV diagnoses among women (3,523 or 50% in 2022) as well as the largest share of all women living with HIV. The rate of new diagnoses among Black women (19.2) is 10 times the rate among White women (1.9) and 3 times the rate among Latinas (5.5).Although new HIV diagnoses continue to occur disproportionately among Black women, data show a 39% decrease in new diagnoses for Black women between 2010 and 2022. More recently though, from 2018 to 2022, new HIV diagnoses among Black women were essentially flat, decreasing by just 1%.In 2022, Black women represented about one quarter (24%) of new HIV diagnoses among all Black people – a higher share than Latinas and White women (who represented 12% and 18% of new diagnoses among their respective racial/ethnic groups).https://youtu.be/4r3D6fgJEsY