The Florida Department of Health has completed the routine interstate deduplication review for the 2019 HIV data and can now provide you with a brief update on the state of the HIV epidemic in Florida. Please also see attached statewide epidemiological profile excel sheet for more detail.  This updated information will also be published on our website and in CHARTS along with annual death data by August 28, 2020.

NOTE: All HIV data is updated in CHARTS once a year.  Any additional deduplication from CDC that occurred in the last year may result in slightly lower numbers for previous years.

• In 2019, 4,584 persons were newly diagnosed with HIV, this is a 4% decrease from 2018 (4,752).
  • 38% were Black
  • 36% were Hispanic/Latinx
  • 24% were White
  • 2% were other races (including American Indian, Asian, and mixed race)
• 33% were between the ages of 13–29, 44% were aged 30–49 and 23% were over the age of 50
• For the first time in the history of the HIV epidemic, there were no perinatally acquired HIV diagnoses in Florida in 2019. There were eight in 2018.
• The majority (59%) of new HIV diagnoses were men who had sexual contact with men (MSM), one-third (33%) had heterosexual contact and 5% were persons who inject drugs (PWID).
• Only 17 out of the 67 counties saw an increase in new diagnoses of HIV from 2018 to 2019 (compared to 31 counties in the previous year). All but two of the seven Ending the HIV Epidemic counties in Florida saw a decrease in HIV diagnoses from 2018 to 2019. Orange County saw a 1% increase from 2018 (N=469) to 2019 (N=474), while Pinellas County saw a 9% increase from 2018 (N=180) to 2019 (N=196) (see table below).