Testing is one of four key strategies in the proposed HHS-wide initiative to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S.

CDC analysis demonstrates urgent need to expand HIV testing as part of proposed plan to end the U.S. HIV epidemic 

CDC recommends that everyone aged 13–64 years be tested for HIV in their lifetime, yet according to new data released today – National HIV Testing Day – less than 40% of people in the U.S. have ever been tested.

Even among populations at high risk and in areas of the country most impacted by HIV, testing is well below where it needs to be:

• Less than 30% of Americans most at risk of acquiring HIV were tested in the past year
• In the 50 local jurisdictions where more than half of HIV diagnoses occur, less than 35% of people recommended for annual HIV testing were tested in the past year
• In states with rural areas that are particularly affected by HIV, just 26% of people recommended for annual HIV testing were tested in the past year

Testing is one of four key strategies in the proposed HHS-wide initiative to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S.


For more information, please see our press release. Additional media resources including graphics can be found on the NCHHSTP newsroom.