These statistics and demographics represent a snapshot of HIV+ members who received services in the past year.
Gender:
78.9% male
18.6% female
2.5% transgender
Ethnicity:
56.5% White
38.5% Black
3.8% More than one race
0.6% American Indian
0.6% Asian
5.6% Hispanic* for ethnicity reporting purposes Hispanic is recorded as either White, Black, or other ethnicity, and then reported separately as a percentage of the overall membership
Age:
10.6% 44 and under
65.8% 45-64 years
23.6% 65 years and older
Non-Discrimination Policy
SWC and its employees shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, place of birth, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, age, or non- disqualifying physical or mental disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.
• Whether any such conduct is deemed to be illegal or not, conduct by employees or members such as that described below is prohibited:
- Epithets, slurs, ridicule, insults, or threatening, intimidating or hostile acts, including those that purport to be “jokes” or “pranks”, made to or about someone because of his or her membership in a protected class or exercise of legal rights;
- Stereotyping or offensive comments, cartoons, pictures or objects (such as swastikas or KKK paraphernalia) that denigrate or insult members of a protected class or those who exercise legal rights;
- Demeaning, hostile or derogatory remarks directed at someone because of his or her protected class status or exercise of legal rights.