Violence Victimization After HIV Infection in a U.S. Probability Sample of Adult Patients in Primary Care [S Zierler, et al. Am J Public Health 2000;90:208]: This is a report from the HIV Cost and Service Utilization Study (HCSUS), which is a national sampling of randomized patients from randomized physician practices within randomized metropolitan areas. Participants were asked the following questions: "Since your HIV diagnosis, have you ever been physically hurt by your partner or someone important to you," and "do you think being physically hurt was related to or because of your HIV infection?" The results are summarized in the table below:

Physical Harm to HIV-Infected Persons Since HIV Diagnosis
Women
Population (estimated)	51,671
Any violence	20.5%
HIV-related violence	10.3%
Gay men
Population estimated	130,974
Any violence	11.5%
HIV-related violenceEFV	4.5%
Men - heterosexual
Population estimated	48,726
Any violence	7.5%
HIV-related violence	3.2%

Comment: The estimated populations given in the table are based on risk factors for HIV according to CDC statistics. The percentages are the outcome for the two questions according to subset analysis. It is noted that about half of the violence was attributed to HIV infection. Other factors associated with risks of physical violence that may confound these results based on overlapping risk categories include poverty, unemployment, drug dependency, age less than 30 years, and homelessness. posted 5/25/2000