04/10/2025
National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is April 10, and highlights HIV’s disproportionate impact on young people across the United States. This NYHAAD, we are highlighting data on the HIV epidemic’s impact on youth living with or at risk for HIV.
In 2022, young people aged 13-24 accounted for 19% of all new HIV diagnoses nationwide. HIV disproportionately impacts young people who are Black, with Black youth accounting for 50% of new HIV diagnoses among youth (13-24) in 2022.
In 2023, youth faced the greatest unmet need for PrEP among all age groups, and in 2022, only 25% of 18-24-year-olds reported having ever been tested for HIV — meaning many people in this age group are unaware of their HIV status.
