The number of people newly diagnosed with HIV per 100,000 residents.
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is a serious though preventable infection that has a disproportionate impact on ethnic and racial minorities. Although there is no cure, new treatments are helping people with HIV live longer. Still, these treatment regimens are complex, cause serious side effects, and become ineffective as HIV mutates.
In 2024, there were 5.5 people newly diagnosed with HIV per 100,000 residents in the Mid-Hudson Valley region, lower than the state (excluding NYC) rate of 6.4. The rate decreased by 26% in the region since 2016. Columbia had the highest rate per 100,000 residents (10), followed by Orange (7.3). Sullivan and Putnam counties had the lowest rates (2.5 and 3, respectively).
Figures do not include prisoners, as counts with prisoners increased rates dramatically for counties with correctional facilities. Persons newly diagnosed with HIV are classified where they lived at the time of diagnosis.
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | 7.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
| Columbia | 9.9 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 8.2 | 10.0 |
| Dutchess | 7.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 5.0 |
| Greene | 6.3 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 4.3 |
| Orange | 9.5 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 7.6 | 7.3 |
| Putnam | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Sullivan | 10.7 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 2.5 |
| Ulster | 4.5 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| NYS (excluding NYC) | 6.8 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | 84 | 59 | 62 | 72 | 26 | 44 | 44 | 69 | 65 |
| Columbia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Dutchess | 22 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 15 |
| Greene | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Orange | 36 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 31 | 30 |
| Putnam | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Sullivan | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Ulster | 8 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| NYS (excluding NYC) | 744 | 712 | 590 | 606 | 489 | 533 | 590 | 696 | 711 |
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