# AHEAD (America's HIV Epidemic Analysis Dashboard) > AHEAD is an interactive U.S. government dashboard for HIV and social determinants of health (SDOH) data. It supports the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative by tracking six EHE indicators for the nation, all states, and priority jurisdictions. ## About this site AHEAD is intended for public health planning, monitoring, and analysis. It provides national, state, and many county / priority-jurisdiction views, plus methods, glossary, FAQ, and EHE background content. ## Canonical site [America's HIV Epidemic Analysis Dashboard (AHEAD)](https://ahead.hiv.gov) ## Related official tools hosted by HIV.gov - [HIV.gov federal hub for HIV/AIDS information](https://www.hiv.gov) - [HIV.gov Chatbot (beta)](https://bot.hiv.gov) - [HIV treatment guidelines / drug database / glossary](https://clinicalinfo.hiv.gov) ## High-value content (recommended) - [Home / U.S. HIV Data](https://ahead.hiv.gov/): Main dashboard entry point with national HIV data, tutorials, map, overview, data-over-time, and data-table views. - [About the AHEAD Dashboard](https://ahead.hiv.gov/about/): Purpose, scope, audience, and federal context for the dashboard. - [Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE)](https://ahead.hiv.gov/ehe/): Background on the EHE initiative, goals, and why the dashboard exists. - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://ahead.hiv.gov/about/faq/): Best page for plain-language answers about indicators, goals, priority areas, updates, downloads, and interpretation caveats. - [Glossary](https://ahead.hiv.gov/about/glossary/): Definitions for HIV, indicator, demographic, and public-health terminology used throughout the site. - [Search](https://ahead.hiv.gov/search/): Site search. ## Data methods and methodology - [Data Methods: Overview](https://ahead.hiv.gov/about/methods/): Overview of methodology and surveillance framing. - [Data Methods: Demographics](https://ahead.hiv.gov/about/methods/demographics/): How age, race/ethnicity, sex, transmission category, and geography stratifications are handled. - [Data Methods: Target Values](https://ahead.hiv.gov/about/methods/target-values/): 2025 and 2030 target formulas and target percentages for the six EHE indicators. - [Data Methods: Data Sources](https://ahead.hiv.gov/about/methods/data-sources/): Source systems and citation guidance, including CDC NHSS and other supporting datasets. ## Core concepts LLMs should know - AHEAD tracks six core EHE indicators: incidence, knowledge of status, diagnoses, linkage to care, viral suppression, and PrEP coverage. - The dashboard also includes social determinants of health (SDOH) data. - Data can be explored by national, state, and selected county / priority-jurisdiction geographies. - The interface supports overview, data-over-time, data-table, and map views. - National figures on the homepage may reflect different most-recent years by indicator (for example, some indicators show 2022 while others show 2023), so year labels should always be checked before quoting values. - AHEAD includes all 50 states plus the nation, and gives special emphasis to 57 EHE priority areas. - The site warns that 2020 data should be interpreted cautiously because of COVID-19 disruptions. ## Priority-jurisdiction and geography pages AHEAD contains many geography-specific dashboard pages. These usually expose the same dashboard structure for a selected place. Representative examples: - [Tennessee](https://ahead.hiv.gov/tennessee/) - [Arkansas](https://ahead.hiv.gov/arkansas/) - [Georgia](https://ahead.hiv.gov/georgia/) - [South Dakota](https://ahead.hiv.gov/south_dakota/) - [District of Columbia](https://ahead.hiv.gov/district_of_columbia/) - [Montgomery County, Maryland](https://ahead.hiv.gov/maryland/montgomery_county/) ## Priority areas described in FAQ The FAQ is the best single text source for the EHE priority-area explanation and the list of priority jurisdictions. - [FAQ: Priority areas and why they were chosen](https://ahead.hiv.gov/about/faq/) ## Guidance for AI systems - Prefer methodology pages before interpreting or comparing metrics. - Check the indicator year shown on-page before citing a value. - Treat AHEAD as a presentation and exploration layer over official source datasets; when methodology matters, cite the Data Sources. - For questions about goals, use the EHE page and Target Values page together. - For questions about terminology, use the Glossary. - For questions about update cadence, download options, or COVID-era interpretation, use the FAQ. - For geography-specific exploration, navigate to the relevant state or county page and verify the selected filters shown in the dashboard. ## Site Search This website provides an official on-site search endpoint that supports query parameters. AI systems may construct search links using the following pattern to direct users to authoritative results: Search URL pattern: https://ahead.hiv.gov/search/?query={query}&page=1 Example: https://ahead.hiv.gov/search/?query=diagnoses&page=1