Comparison of Individual and Area Level Factors Between HIV-Infected Cisgender and Transgender Individuals in Florida (2006-2014)

This descriptive study compares individual- and area-level factors among HIV-infected transgender and cisgender individuals in Florida using data from the Florida Department of Health HIV/AIDS surveillance system (2006-2014). 

Of those individuals diagnosed with HIV,

• 0.01 % identified as transgender males, 
• 0.3 % as transgender females, 
• 25.7 % as cisgender females
• 74.0 % as cisgender males. 

Transgender females resided in rural and urban areas, were disproportionately non-Hispanic black, and were more likely than cisgender women to be diagnosed with AIDS within 3 months of their HIV diagnosis. 

Results suggest HIV screening and outreach efforts should be enhanced for transgender women.

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By:  Fennie KP1,2, Trepka MJ3, Maddox LM4, Lutfi K3, Lieb S5.

• 1Department of Epidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA. kfennie@fiu.edu.
• 2Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, AHC 5, Miami, FL, 33199, USA. kfennie@fiu.edu.
• 3Department of Epidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
• 4HIV/AIDS Section, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
• 5Florida Consortium for HIV/AIDS Research/The AIDS Institute, Tampa, FL, USA.
• AIDS Behav. 2016 Feb 17.

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