diff --git a/load/load_aix_cgo.go b/load/load_aix_cgo.go
index e325432ed0..72d158bc62 100644
--- a/load/load_aix_cgo.go
+++ b/load/load_aix_cgo.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package load
 
 #include <libperfstat.h>
 #include <procinfo.h>
+#include <sys/thread.h>
 */
 import "C"
 
@@ -33,28 +34,50 @@ func AvgWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*AvgStat, error) {
 }
 
 func MiscWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*MiscStat, error) {
-	info := C.struct_procentry64{}
+	// Count total processes and collect PIDs for thread-state enumeration.
+	pinfo := C.struct_procentry64{}
 	cpid := C.pid_t(0)
 
 	ret := MiscStat{}
+	var pids []C.pid_t
 	for {
-		// getprocs first argument is a void*
-		num, err := C.getprocs64(unsafe.Pointer(&info), C.sizeof_struct_procentry64, nil, 0, &cpid, 1)
+		num, err := C.getprocs64(unsafe.Pointer(&pinfo), C.sizeof_struct_procentry64, nil, 0, &cpid, 1)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-
-		ret.ProcsTotal++
-		switch info.pi_state {
-		case C.SACTIVE:
-			ret.ProcsRunning++
-		case C.SSTOP:
-			ret.ProcsBlocked++
-		}
-
 		if num == 0 {
 			break
 		}
+		ret.ProcsTotal++
+		pids = append(pids, pinfo.pi_pid)
 	}
+
+	// Count threads in TSRUN state (runnable/running) across all processes.
+	// SACTIVE at the process level means "active in memory" which includes
+	// sleeping processes and is not a useful proxy for ProcsRunning.
+	tinfo := C.struct_thrdentry64{}
+	for _, pid := range pids {
+		ctid := C.tid64_t(0)
+		for {
+			n, err := C.getthrds64(pid, unsafe.Pointer(&tinfo), C.sizeof_struct_thrdentry64, &ctid, 1)
+			if err != nil {
+				break // process may have exited
+			}
+			if n == 0 {
+				break
+			}
+			if tinfo.ti_state == C.TSRUN {
+				ret.ProcsRunning++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// ProcsBlocked: processes sleeping waiting for I/O, equivalent to Linux D state.
+	// perfstat IOWait and PhysIO are instantaneous counts, matching vmstat's b column.
+	var cpuStat C.perfstat_cpu_total_t
+	if rc := C.perfstat_cpu_total(nil, &cpuStat, C.sizeof_perfstat_cpu_total_t, 1); rc == 1 {
+		ret.ProcsBlocked = int(cpuStat.iowait) + int(cpuStat.physio)
+	}
+
 	return &ret, nil
 }