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DATA AND STATISTICS

As you can see in Table 1 the AIDS prevalence rates in Alameda County are above the national and statewide rates. Alameda, Berkeley, Hayward, Oakland and San Leandro all have rates higher than the national rate. Specifically, the rate for Oakland is drastically higher than any other rate in the county. The AIDS rate for Oakland is over three times larger than the national rate. These rates demonstrate that the city of Oakland and Alameda County as a whole currently have a major AIDS epidemic.

Table 1

Cities	AIDS Cases	Populations	Rate for 100,000
Alameda	314	72,259	435
Albany	49	16,444	298
Berkeley	597	102,743	581
Castro Valley	129	57,292	225
Dublin	81	29,973	270
Emeryville		6,882	0
Fremont	298	203,413	147
Hayward	560	140,030	400
Livermore	90	73,345	123
Newark	72	42,471	170
Oakland	4,055	399,484	1015
Piedmont	36	10,952	328
Pleasanton	70	63,654	110
San Leandro	392	79,452	493
San Lorenzo	53	21,898	242
Sunol		1,332	0
Union City	91	66,869	136
Alameda County	6,979	1,443,741	483
California	139,019	33,871,648	410
United States	956,019	281,421,906	340

Information from: The California Department of Health Services, Office of AIDS and the 2000 Census

AIDS Data as of December 31, 2006

Populations as of 2000

Table 2 demonstrates that the male and female percentages of cumulative AIDS cases. The percentages in Alameda County and Oakland match with the national and state percentages. The similarity in these numbers show that overtime the disease has not affected men and women differently in Alameda County and Oakland than in the rest of the United States.

Table 2

Gender
	Total AIDS Cases	Male Cases	% of Cases	Female Cases	% of Cases
United States	956,019	769,635	81%	186,383	19%
California	139,019
Alameda County, California	6,979	6023	86%	956	14%
Oakland	4,055	3414	84%	641	16%

Information from: The California Department of Health Services, Office of AIDS and the 2000 Census

AIDS Data as of December 31, 2006

Populations as of 2000

Table 3 shows the manner in which people with AIDS through out the years have contracted the disease. Numbers for Alameda County and the United States are separated into male and female but Oakland numbers are male and female percentages grouped together. This table reveals that in Alameda County a higher percentage of males contracted AIDS from other males during sexual contact than the national percentage. With females the modes of transmission percentages are very similar although a higher percentage of women contracted the disease from heterosexual sexual contact in Alameda County than nationally. The difference in these numbers could be accounted by the high percentage of unreported mode of transmissions for women on the national level.

Table 3

Modes of Transmission
MALES	United States	% of Total	Alameda County	% of Total
Male-to-male sexual contact	416,232	54%	4274	71%
Injection drug use	159,676	21%	652	11%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	62,940	8%	450	7%
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder	5,142	1%	26	0%
High-risk heterosexual contact	46,533	6%	375	6%
Sex with injection drug user	11,371	2%
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue	5,190	1%	63	1%
Other/risk factor not reported or identified	69,095	9%	183	3%
Total	764,808		6023

FEMALES
Injection drug use	65,534	36%	337	35%
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder	340	0%	0	0%
High-risk heterosexual contact	79,872	44%	502	53%
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue	4,144	2%	45	4%
Other/risk factor not reported or identified	31,879	18%	72	8%
Total	181,769		956


BOTH MALES AND FEMALES
Male-to-male sexual contact	Oakland	% of Total
Injection drug use	2399	59%
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	683	17%
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder	259	6%
High-risk heterosexual contactb	9
Sex with injection drug user	543	13%
Receipt of blood transfusion, blood components, or tissue
Other/risk factor not reported or identified	33	2%
	129	3%
	4055

Information from: The California Department of Health Services, Office of AIDS and the 2000 Census

AIDS Data as of December 31, 2006

Populations as of 2000

Table 4 shows the national, Alameda County and Oakland populations and AIDS cases broken down by race. By examining these numbers and percentages one can see that in all three demographics African-Americans have a disproportionately high number of AIDS cases compared to their percentage of the population. In the United States and Oakland African-Americans have near double the percent of AIDS cases than their percent of population and most alarming in Alameda county their percent of AIDS cases is nearly triple their percent of the population. Other minorities like Hispanics and Asians have disproportionately low number of AIDS cases compared to their percentage of the population. These numbers reveal that within the U.S., Alameda County and Oakland African-Americans are currently facing a major AIDS epidemic.

Table 4

(Numbers and percentages are slightly off because of overlap or misreporting in race data)

	National	% of National Population	National AIDS Cases	% of Cases
White, Non Hispanic	194,552,774	69	340,295	36
Black, Not Hispanic	33,947,837	12	270,771	28
Hispanic	35,305,818	13	142,523	15
Asian/ Pacific Islander	10,476,678	4	6,314	1
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	2,068,883	1	2,464	0
Legacy Asian/ Pacific Islander
Unknown	467,770	0
Total	281,421,906		956,019


	Alameda County	% of Population	Alameda County AIDS Cases	% of Cases
White, Non Hispanic	591,095	41	2924	42
Black, Not Hispanic	211,124	15	3058	44
Hispanic	273,910	19	752	11
Asian/ Pacific Islander	301,131	21	36	1
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	5,306	0	17	0
Legacy Asian/ Pacific Islander			172	3
Unknown	71,681	5%	11	0
Total	1,443,741		6979


	Oakland	% of Population	Oakland AIDS Cases	% of Cases
White, Non Hispanic	93,953	24%	1189	29
Black, Not Hispanic	140,139	35%	2414	60
Hispanic	87,467	22%	350	9
Asian/ Pacific Islander	62,259	16%	87	2
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	1,471	0.00%
Legacy Asian/ Pacific Islander
Unknown	1229	0.00%
Total	399,484		4055

Information from: The California Department of Health Services, Office of AIDS and the 2000 Census

AIDS Data as of December 31, 2006

Populations as of 2000