SOURCE: 2010 Census. Notes: Cities shown are those included in the urbanized area names. Population and land area for these cities reflect municipal boundaries in place at the time of the 2010 census. City boundaries may extend beyond the urbanized area.
An American who tests positive for HIV today is expected to wrack up about $600,000. ATLANTA â An American diagnosed with the AIDS virus can expect to live for about 24 years on average, and the cost of health care over those two-plus decades is more than $600,000, new research indicates.
The cost per infection averted for this group was US$177,293 â which is less than the likely cost of their lifetime HIV treatment if they had not received successful PEP. On the other hand, PEP for gay men on the insertive end of unprotected anal sex (i.e. âtopsâ) was not considered cost-effective.