Leading Indicators
The leading indicators demonstrate movement towards meeting the overarching goals of the EHE initiative and are updated frequently.
EHE Plan Reporting
Indicator Data for Shelby County, TN
Overarching Goal
The EHE initiative aims to reduce new HIV infections in the United States by 75% in five years and by 90% in 10 years.
Incidence
Incidence is the estimated number of new HIV infections in a given year.
Midterm Goal
This indicator will be used to show the historical movement towards achieving the overall goals of the EHE initiative.
Knowledge of Status
Knowledge of status is the estimated percentage of people with HIV who have received an HIV diagnosis.
Diagnoses
Diagnoses is the number of people with HIV diagnosed in a given year confirmed by laboratory or clinical evidence.
Linkage to HIV Medical Care
Linkage to HIV medical care is the percentage of people diagnosed with HIV in a given year who have received medical care for their HIV infection within one month of diagnosis.
Viral Suppression
Viral suppression is the percentage of people living with diagnosed HIV infection who have an amount of HIV that is less than 200 copies per milliliter of blood, in a given year.
PrEP Coverage
PrEP coverage is the estimated percentage of individuals prescribed PrEP among those who need it.
*Data should be used with caution because they do not meet the standard of reliability.
†Data should be used with caution because jurisdiction does not have laws requiring complete reporting of laboratory data or has incomplete reporting.
‡Data should be interpreted with caution due to incomplete ascertainment of deaths that occurred during the year 2018.
§Data N/A
‖Data N/A due to high relative standard error
¶Data incomplete or not reported
