Highest Annual AIDS Rate [Number of New Reported Cases Per 100,000 Population] in 1997 in Metropolitan Areas of 500,000 or More

Metropolitan City

Rate

# New Cases

Total Cases

New York,NY

114.9

9,897

101,670

Jersey City,NJ

92.5

510

5,822

Miami,FL

81.8

1,672

19,930

San Francisco,CA

78.0

1,297

25,432

Newark,NJ

69.8

1,356

14,553

Fort Lauderdale,FL

69.0

1,015

10,374

San Juan,PR

66.6

1,323

12,956

West Palm Beach,FL

60.9

620

6,148

Baltimore,MD

51.6

1,277

11,394

Houston,TX

46.2

1,781

16,048