Atlanta health advocates target one of the nation's highest HIV rates

By the numbers

44,756: Number of people living in metro Atlanta with HIV, as of 2023, according to the AIDSVu database.

Metro Atlanta's prevalence rate of 875 people per 100,000 is more than double the national rate of 395.

Black people make up 33% of metro Atlanta's population but account for 69% of new HIV diagnoses, per AIDSVu.

• Researchers and advocates say barriers including a lack of health insurance and care, housing instability and stigma drive the disparity.

$0: Cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, for some qualifying individuals through Grady Health System or Georgia Harm Reduction Coalition programs.

• PrEP reduces the risk of acquiring HIV when taken as prescribed.