Voces Latinas Inc.
43-22 50th Street, Suite 2E, Woodside, NY 11377 Tel: (718) 593-4528 Fax: (718) 255-6215
Statistics
◦ Of the foreign born in Queens, South America accounts for 30% of HIV diagnoses and
Central America accounts for 19%.
◦ Latinas are one of the fastest growing populations of people living with HIV and AIDS
◦ 45% of Latinas living with HIV in Queens were infected via heterosexual sex.
◦ Latinos account for 42% of new HIV diagnoses in Queens
◦ 25% of adults diagnosed with HIV in Queens are women.
◦ Heterosexual HIV transmission accounts for 88% of women in Queens.
