This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. adults that had ever had an HIV test as of 2015, by sexual orientation and gender. According to the data, 80.2 percent of gay men had ever been tested for HIV as of that time.
* Respondents who received human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing solely as a result of blood donation were considered not to have been tested for HIV.
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NCHS. (November 2, 2016). Percentage of U.S. adults that had ever been tested for HIV as of 2015, by sexual orientation and gender* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/914230/hiv-testing-us-sexual-orientation-and-gender/
NCHS. "Percentage of U.S. adults that had ever been tested for HIV as of 2015, by sexual orientation and gender*." Chart. November 2, 2016. Statista. Accessed June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/914230/hiv-testing-us-sexual-orientation-and-gender/
NCHS. (2016). Percentage of U.S. adults that had ever been tested for HIV as of 2015, by sexual orientation and gender*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/914230/hiv-testing-us-sexual-orientation-and-gender/
NCHS. "Percentage of U.S. Adults That Had Ever Been Tested for Hiv as of 2015, by Sexual Orientation and Gender*." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/914230/hiv-testing-us-sexual-orientation-and-gender/
NCHS, Percentage of U.S. adults that had ever been tested for HIV as of 2015, by sexual orientation and gender* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/914230/hiv-testing-us-sexual-orientation-and-gender/ (last visited June 14, 2025)
Percentage of U.S. adults that had ever been tested for HIV as of 2015, by sexual orientation and gender* [Graph], NCHS, November 2, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/914230/hiv-testing-us-sexual-orientation-and-gender/