TABLE 409-3 - NUMBER AND RATES (PER 100,000) OF AIDS CASES BY RACE/ETHNICITY--UNITED STATES, REPORTED IN 1997

RACE/ETHNICITY	ADULTS/ADOLESCENTS
	Males		Females		Total		Children < 13 years		Total
	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
White, not Hispanic	17,649	22.5	2,485	3.0	20,134	12.4	63	0.2	20,197	10.4
Black, not Hispanic	18,903	163.4	7,880	58.8	26,783	107.2	292	4.0	27,075	83.7
Hispanic	9,778	78.5	2,578	21.5	12,356	50.6	110	1.3	12,466	37.7
Asian/Pacific Islander	381	10.2	64	1.5	445	5.6	3	0.1	448	4.5
American Indian/Alaska Native	168	23.0	36	4.7	204	13.6	2	0.4	206	10.4
Total *	47,056	44.0	13,105	11.5	60,161	27.3	473	0.9	60,634	22.3

(Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention: HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 9 [No. 21]: 17, 1997.)
* Totals include 242 persons whose race/ethnicity is unknown.