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About this objective
Data
Data Source: National HIV Surveillance System (NHSS), CDC/NCHHSTP
National baseline: 1.3 perinatally acquired HIV infections per 100,000 live births occurred in 2015
National target: 0.9 per 100,000
Methodology
Methodology notes
Rates are per 100,000 live births in the United States. The data include all persons reported to NHSS with infection attributed to perinatal exposure and whose case record denoted the United States as place of birth. These data exclude persons who were born in an U.S. dependent area or a foreign country or whose residence at birth was unknown or missing from the case record.
Denominator data are based on total number of live births that occurred in the United States. Birth data are obtained from the National Center of Health Statistics vital statistics data.