Black women are nearly 18 times more likely than white women to be infected with HIV

Blacks make up 12% of the overall population but accounted for 46% of those infected with HIV (510,100 people). About 35% of those with HIV were white and 18% were Hispanic, according to the CDC. Black women were nearly 18 times more likely than white women to be infected with HIV, while black men were six times more likely than white men, the CDC said. Hispanics were 2.6 times more likely than whites to be infected.