About HIV & AIDS in Service Planning Area 8

    The Foundation serves the Service Planning Area 8 (SPA 8) of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, which consist of 15 cities of the county to include: Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Carson, Lennox, Lomita, Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rancho Palos Verdes, Long Beach and the City of Los Angeles (San Pedro, Wilmington and Harbor City). 

    We have the second highest incidence rate of HIV in the State of California and is double the rate of all of Los Angeles County. We rank number 5 in the Nation of the top 35 largest metropolitan cities.

    Youth and Adolescents between the ages of 15 and 24 account for 54% of all new HIV infections, with half of them not even aware they are infected with HIV.

    The total population of SPA 8 is 1,545,275 which comprise: Black or African American 14.6%, American Indian 0.3%, Asian/Pacific Islander 14.0%, Latino or Hispanic 37.7%, White 30.9% and Other/Multi-racial 2.5%.  The average age range of all classes is as follows: 0-17 years 26.9%, 18-64 years 62.9% and 65 years and over 10.2%.  Percentages of households that are non-English speaking are 29.4% Spanish, 10.5% Asian or Pacific Islander, and 3.9% European/Other.

    The Long Beach AIDS Foundation has directly provided general outreach & prevention services to 1776 clients, and indirect outreach & prevention, testing, care, and treatment education to approximately 4,518 clients through our partner organizations for fiscal year 2007-2008. ¹

1. LA County Prevention Plan 2009 - 2013

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