Description of the data source, numerator, denominator, survey questions, and other relevant details about the national estimate.
Number of new AIDS cases among persons aged 13 years and older who injected nonprescription drugs
The AIDs case definition is provided by the CDC. The data are based on the CDC adult HIV/AIDS confidential case report, Form 50.42A, Rev. 3/2007.
Estimated numbers resulted from statistical adjustment that accounted for reporting delays and missing risk-factor information, but not for incomplete reporting.
Any change to the objective text, baseline, target, target-setting method or data source since the Healthy People 2020 launch.
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