Number of HIV diagnoses in the U.S. in 2020, by state
HIV infections have been decreasing globally and in 2000, there were 2.9 million new infections worldwide. This number decreased to around 1.5 million new infections in 2021. The number of people living with HIV remains fairly steady but the number of those that have died due to AIDS has reached some of its lowest peaks in a decade. Currently there is no functional cure for HIV or AIDS but improvements in therapies and treatments have enabled those living with HIV to have a much improved quality of life. In 2019, there were approximately 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people in the United States caused by HIV. There are five classes of HIV drugs that are designed to attack the virus at different stages. Spending for HIV antivirals in the United States totaled approximately 26 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. Elimination of HIV is not currently realistic, scientific progress is focusing primarily on enabling HIV patients to have a good quality of life and to manage the epidemic.