According to the CDC, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) disease was the eighth leading cause of death among Black people in the US aged 20-24, the sixth leading cause among Black people aged 35-44, and the eighth among Black people aged 45-54.
HIV disease was the sixth leading cause of death among Black males in the US aged 20-24, the sixth leading cause among Black males aged 25-34, the eighth leading cause among Black males aged 35-44, and the eighth leading cause among Black males aged 45-54.
HIV disease was the ninth leading cause of death among Black females in the US aged 25-34, the seventh leading cause among Black females aged 35-44, and the tenth leading cause among Black females aged 45-54.
Heron M. Deaths: Leading causes for 2018. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 70 no 4. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2021.
