The table below gives the number of AIDS reports in the USA to the end of 1990 by quarter, with reporting delays
| Year | Delay in quarters | ||||||||
| 1982 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 31 | 49 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 40 | 67 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| 78 | 73 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1983 | 96 | 129 | 30 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 134 | 177 | 68 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | |
| 57 | 378 | 85 | 43 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 5 | |
| 69 | 420 | 113 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | |
| 1984 | 26 | 513 | 109 | 55 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| 55 | 675 | 151 | 59 | 32 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 9 | |
| 82 | 790 | 164 | 85 | 57 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 11 | |
| 108 | 845 | 241 | 112 | 47 | 40 | 18 | 16 | 15 | |
| 1985 | 118 | 960 | 247 | 112 | 65 | 30 | 27 | 15 | 11 |
| 146 | 1191 | 252 | 129 | 83 | 67 | 34 | 20 | 18 | |
| 160 | 1454 | 292 | 143 | 93 | 58 | 48 | 35 | 24 | |
| 152 | 1620 | 400 | 225 | 101 | 71 | 53 | 39 | 20 | |
| 1986 | 97 | 1739 | 422 | 164 | 120 | 58 | 52 | 52 | 57 |
| 148 | 2046 | 406 | 218 | 107 | 118 | 56 | 107 | 135 | |
| 362 | 2039 | 555 | 200 | 143 | 91 | 152 | 160 | 133 | |
| 232 | 2444 | 532 | 275 | 148 | 196 | 229 | 165 | 123 | |
| 1987 | 181 | 2441 | 763 | 290 | 240 | 282 | 183 | 143 | 101 |
| 224 | 2981 | 673 | 408 | 370 | 353 | 224 | 185 | 99 | |
| 129 | 3260 | 897 | 592 | 426 | 272 | 193 | 125 | 133 | |
| 96 | 3567 | 1207 | 569 | 374 | 227 | 156 | 138 | 102 | |
| 1988 | 135 | 3847 | 1218 | 444 | 315 | 247 | 195 | 128 | 149 |
| 163 | 4401 | 1096 | 462 | 354 | 334 | 196 | 186 | 203 | |
| 307 | 4608 | 968 | 500 | 372 | 284 | 225 | 231 | 182 | |
| 332 | 4521 | 1186 | 569 | 334 | 317 | 222 | 193 | 0 | |
| 1989 | 256 | 4525 | 1327 | 487 | 375 | 387 | 268 | 0 | 0 |
| 311 | 5016 | 1248 | 569 | 527 | 438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 342 | 5186 | 1370 | 814 | 512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 349 | 5124 | 1515 | 830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 192 | 4998 | 1745 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 276 | 5646 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 329 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |