Why PrEP Matters
87%
of Black women with HIV were infected through heterosexual contact.
The rate of HIV infections for Black women is nearly 16X that of White women and 5X that of Hispanic women
26.2 per 100,000
Black women
1.6 per 100,000
White women
5.3 per 100,000
Hispanic women
1:48
1 in 48 Black women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with HIV in her lifetime.
Source for all data is: https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/cdc-hiv-aa-508.pdf