Since the beginning of the epidemic a total of 28,793 San Francisco residents have been diagnosed with AIDS, which comprises 18% of California AIDS cases and 3% of cases reported nationally.
There have been 19,341 reported AIDS deaths in San Francisco as of December 31, 2010.
There were 15,861 San Franciscans living with HIV/AIDS in 2010.
Of the total number of people with HIV/AIDS, 15,971 are living with the infection.
Diagnoses of HIV infection stage 3 (AIDS), cumulative 29,605
Deaths among persons diagnosed with HIV infection stage 3 (AIDS), cumulative 19,978
 Sources: San Francisco Department of Public Health, HIV epidemiology Section. HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Annual Report 2012; www.sfaf.org
 ● Over 200,000 Californians have contracted HIV/AIDS and nearly 100,000 have died since the epidemic began in the early 1980s.
â—Ź California ranks second in the nation in cumulative AIDS cases at 157,719, surpassed only by New York.
â—Ź More than 60% of Californians living with HIV reside in Los Angeles or the San Francisco Bay Area.
â—Ź Approximately 122,382 Californians are HIV-positive, among whom 74,059 are living with AIDS.
â—Ź There are up to 7,000 new HIV infections in the state every year.
 Sources: California Office of AIDS, AIDS  semi-annual Surveillance report (as of June 2014); www.sfaf.org
Since the AIDS epidemic began in 1981, 1.7 million Americans have been infected with HIV and 583,298 have died of AIDS-related causes through 2007.
1.1 million Americans are living with HIV (including more than 468,000 with AIDS).
An estimated 16% of people living with HIV are undiagnosed.
Every 9 ½ minutes, someone in the U.S. is infected with HIV. 50,000 new HIV infections in 2010.
In 2011, an estimated 49,273 people were diagnosed with HIV infection in the United States.
Young adults and teens (13-24 years old) represent 26% of new HIV infections. (2010)
Sources: Â 1. Kaiser Family Foundation Fact Sheet: The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States, September 2009; www.sfaf.org; 2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, December 2013; Â www.cdc.gov.