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Table 26. Total Persons with Disabilities, State and Counties of Hawaii, 2009 Honolulu Hawaii Maui Kauai to Total Population 849,255 174,676 144,047 63,571 1,231,549 Under 18 years: 23.4% 23.4% 23.1% 23.0% 23.4% With one type of disability 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.1% 0.4% With two or more types of disability 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 18 to 64 years: 61.3% 62.6% 64.4% 63.2% 62.0% With one type of disability 2.7% 3.2% 3.3% 2.9% 2.8% With two or more types of disability 1.7% 3.4% 1.3% 2.3% 1.9% 65 years and over: 15.2% 14.0% 12.5% 13.8% 14.7% With one type of disability 2.2% 2.5% 2.2% 2.9% 2.3% With two or more types of disability 3.2% 3.0% 1.9% 3.0% 3.0% Total Disabled Population 1 10.4% 1 12.6% 1 9.2% 1 11.5% 1 10.6% Source: ACS 2009 Persons with HIV/AIDS Gregory House is a non-profit agency in Honolulu serving around 165 persons with HIV/AIDS. The Included in this population are persons with agency maintains 46 rental assistance dwellings acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or designated for low-income Hawaii families with related diseases or any condition arising from the HIV or AIDS. It also has 11 beds in transitional etiologic agent for acquired immunodeficiency housing for single adults with HIV/AIDS. Gregory syndrome, including infection with human House currently has 75 individuals on a wait list immunodeficiency virus (HIV). for housing, all of whom are homeless or at risk for homelessness. According to the annual HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report issued by the Hawaii State Department According to the National Coalition for the of Health at the end of 2010, the cumulative Homeless, lack of affordable housing is a critical number of individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS problem facing a growing number of people living in Hawaii is 4,209. Of those, 55 percent (2,318 with AIDS and other illnesses caused by HIV39. persons) are confirmed living. Due to recent People with HIV/AIDS may lose their jobs due to changes in the method for counting HIV and discrimination or because of the fatigue and AIDS cases, a notable increase in the number of periodic hospitalization caused by HIV-related HIV cases will likely appear in the 2011 report. illness. They may also find their incomes drained by the costs of health care. The 2008 Hawaii AIDS Clinical Research Program (HACRP) Statewide HIV/AIDS Medical Persons living with HIV/AIDS who do not have Care Needs Assessment indicates that there are stable housing may lack ongoing HIV care and 2,700 confirmed people with HIV living in Hawaii. often rely on more costly care from emergency and acute care facilities. They have poorer Housing Needs and Challenges health outcomes and shorter liveS40. Stable 39 "HIV/AIDS and Homelessness." NCH Fact Sheet #9. The HACRP survey found that 74 percent of the National Coalition for the Homeless. August, 2007. 2,700 confirmed Hawaii residents with HIV were hfto://wvvw.nationalhomeless.ora/oublications/facts/HIV. in need of housing assistance (63% long term �df and 11% short term). This finding indicates a 40 Housing is Cost-Effective HIV Prevention and Care. need for nearly 2,000 housing units. The North American Housing 8 HIV/AIDS Research Summit Series. February 2011. Hawaii Housing Planning Study,2011 Page 44 0 SMS, Inc. November,2011