The Cost of Medicaid Savings: The Potential Detrimental Public Health Impact of Neonatal Circumcision Defunding

Table 1

Example calculation of age and race/ethnicity specific HIV incidence rates.

Age group	Proportion of cumulative black male HIV/AIDs cases by age group^a	Number of black males with new diagnoses of HIV/AIDs in SC in 2009^b	Calculated number of black male cases of HIV/AIDs in SC in 2009 by age group	SC 2009 black male population by age group	Calculated 2009 SC black male HIV/AIDs incidence rates by age group
13–19	3.4%	418	.034×418=14.2	78,910	14.2/78,910=.018%
20–29	28.8%	418	.288×418=120.4	104,604	120.4/104,604=.115%
30–39	35.3%	418	.353×418=147.6	81,714	147.6/81,714=.181%
40–49	22.1%	418	.221×418=92.4	85,557	92.4/85,557=.108%

^aSC DHEC cumulative data from 1986 to 2009 reported that among black males with HIV/AIDs, 3.4% were 13–19 years old, 28.8% were 20–29 years old, and so forth.
^bSC DHEC reported 418 black males with a new diagnosis of HIV/AIDs in 2009.