Fast Facts: HIV and Gay and Bisexual Men | HIV

CDC-funded HIV tests among gay and bisexual men*, United States, 2022

Of the 505,823 CDC-funded HIV tests conducted in non-health care settings, 122,581 (24.2%) were among gay and bisexual men.

For every 100 gay and bisexual men newly diagnosed with HIV†82 were linked to HIV medical care within 30 days after diagnosis.‡

For every 100 gay and bisexual men eligible for a PrEP referral in non-health care settings59 were referred to a PrEP provider.§

Data Source: National HIV Prevention Program Monitoring and Evaluation (NHM&E) data submitted through EvaluationWeb® (January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022). The data reported includes CDC-funded recipients in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Note: CDC-funded HIV tests and referral to a PrEP provider includes data from non-health care settings only because the data on behaviors that define MSM are collected for CDC-funded HIV tests conducted in non-health care settings.

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*Gay and bisexual men also referred to as men who have sex with men (MSM) included men who reported male-to-male sexual contact and MSM who reported injection drug use in the past 5 years.

†Includes those diagnosed in both health care and non-health care settings. health care settings (e.g., STD clinic, emergency departments, correctional facilities, substance abuse treatment facilities, and pharmacies), non-health care settings (e.g., schools/educational facilities, churches, and bars), mobile units, and self-testing.

‡Linkage to HIV medical care services measures the extent to which newly diagnosed HIV-positive persons were linked to HIV medical care within 30 days after diagnosis. The person must have attended their first medical care appointment within 30 days after an initial HIV-positive test. For linkage to care, HIV medical care includes medical services for HIV, including evaluating immune system function and screening treatment, and prevention of opportunistic infections.

§Referral to a PrEP provider is defined as a process involving the provision of information on who the providers are, what documents referred persons should take with them, how to get to the provider’s agency, and what to expect from the referral process.