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 research found that the average annual cost of care is about $25,200 â nearly 40 percent higher than a commonly cited estimate from the late 1990s. The new research also updates other studies from the 1990s, when life expectancy for HIV-infected people was closer to 10 years.