Hey ya’ll!
So, after a wayyyy too long absence, I thought I’d post some stats about HIV worldwide, and within Canada. I got this off the AVERT website (www.avert.org). The stats are a few years old but hopefully they will be able to give you a bit of insight, and maybe spark some interest in the area and you can continue reading.
The latest statistics of the global HIV and AIDS were published by UNAIDS in November 2009, and refer to the end of 2008.
| Estimate | Range | |
|---|---|---|
| People living with HIV/AIDS in 2008 | 33.4 million | 31.1-35.8 million |
| Adults living with HIV/AIDS in 2008 | 31.3 million | 29.2-33.7 million |
| Women living with HIV/AIDS in 2008 | 15.7 million | 14.2-17.2 million |
| Children living with HIV/AIDS in 2008 | 2.1 million | 1.2-2.9 million |
| People newly infected with HIV in 2008 | 2.7 million | 2.4-3.0 million |
| Children newly infected with HIV in 2008 | 0.43 million | 0.24-0.61 million |
| AIDS deaths in 2008 | 2.0 million | 1.7-2.4 million |
| Child AIDS deaths in 2008 | 0.28 million | 0.15-0.41 million |
More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981.
Africa has over 14 million AIDS orphans.
At the end of 2008, women accounted for 50% of all adults living with HIV worldwide
In developing and transitional countries, 9.5 million people are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs; of these, only 4 million (42%) are receiving the drugs.
Positive HIV test reports in adults (15 or over) by exposure category
| Exposure category | Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Cumulative total until end December 2007 |
2007 | Cumulative total until end December 2007 |
|
| Men who have sex with men (MSM) | 514 | 17,967 | - | - |
| MSM and injection drug use | 20 | 738 | - | - |
| Injection drug use | 156 | 3,700 | 105 | 1,824 |
| Blood/blood products | 5 | 610 | 3 | 207 |
| Heterosexual contact | 120 | 3,067 | 167 | 2,620 |
| Other | 53 | 718 | 17 | 247 |
| No identified risk | 84 | 2,459 | 46 | 529 |
| Risk not reported | 749 | 19,969 | 254 | 4,697 |
| Total | 1,782 | 49,228 | 592 | 10,124 |
In the period 1985-2001, themen having sex with men category accounted for 62% of adult HIV diagnoses for which exposure category was reported. The equivalent proportion was 41% in 2007. Men who have sex with men (MSM) remains the largest single exposure category.
In recent years around a quarter of new adult HIV diagnoses have been among women. Half of all positive diagnoses in females were in young people aged under 20 years old. Although most exposure to HIV was from heterosexual sex, injecting drug use accounted for over 15% of infections women in 2007.
AIDS statistics
By the end of 2007, reports had been received of 20,993 AIDS diagnoses in Canada. This figure includes persons not featured in the table below since they were under 15 years old; their gender was not reported; or they were reported as transgender.
At least 15,556 people with AIDS have died.
AIDS cases in adults (15 or over) by exposure category
| Exposure Category | Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Cumulative total until end December 2007 |
2007 | Cumulative total until end December 2007 |
|
| Men who have sex with men (MSM) | 31 | 13,295 | - | - |
| MSM and injection drug use | 0 | 829 | - | - |
| Injection drug use | 28 | 1,178 | 7 | 432 |
| Blood/blood products | 0 | 460 | 0 | 140 |
| Heterosexual contact | 23 | 1,780 | 9 | 1,147 |
| Other | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4 |
| No identified risk | 24 | 932 | 2 | 106 |
| Risk not reported | 84 | 932 | 26 | 100 |
| Total | 190 | 18,816 | 45 | 1,929 |
Among adult AIDS cases reported with known exposure category MSM accounts for the largest proportion. The proportion accounted for by MSM fell from above three-quarters in the years prior to 1994, to 35% in 2005. Conversely, the heterosexual exposure category increased from 10% to 35% over the same period. Currently one quarter of reported AIDS cases in Canadian adults were in MSM.
AIDS cases by province/territory
| Province/territory | 2007 | Cumulative total until end 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | 62 | 4,174 |
| Yukon | 0 | 8 |
| Alberta | 52 | 1,359 |
| Northwest Territories | 0 | 19 |
| Nunavut | 0 | 0 |
| Saskatchewan | 6 | 241 |
| Manitoba | 4 | 262 |
| Ontario | 110 | 8,229 |
| Quebec | - | 6,098* |
| New Brunswick | 1 | 171 |
| Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia | 3 | 314 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 | 91 |
| Total | 238 | 20,993 |
* Quebec AIDS data have not been available since June 2003
The provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec account for around 85% of the population of Canada and for 95% of the nation’s AIDS diagnoses.
Notes
The term “exposure category” refers to the most probable route of transmission of infection.
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