HIV Infection
(asked on 23rd November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women in each age group have been diagnosed with HIV in each of the last five years.
The annual numbers of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnoses among men by age group over the last five years is shown in Table 1. The numbers for women by age group over the same period is shown in Table 2. The majority of new diagnoses are among persons aged between 25 and 44 years.
Number of men newly diagnosed with HIV by age group: United Kingdom, 2010-2014
Age group | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Total |
0-14 | 26 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 107 |
15-24 | 457 | 482 | 536 | 583 | 565 | 2,623 |
25-34 | 1,339 | 1,408 | 1,431 | 1,503 | 1,609 | 7,290 |
35-44 | 1,402 | 1,364 | 1,315 | 1,219 | 1,158 | 6,458 |
45-54 | 748 | 752 | 821 | 812 | 803 | 3,936 |
55-64 | 261 | 271 | 286 | 265 | 315 | 1,398 |
65+ | 84 | 96 | 106 | 133 | 149 | 568 |
TOTAL | 4,317 | 4,403 | 4,518 | 4,531 | 4,611 | 22,380 |
Number of women newly diagnosed with HIV by age group: United Kingdom, 2010-2014
Age group | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Total |
0-14 | 46 | 38 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 143 |
15-24 | 226 | 179 | 166 | 167 | 162 | 900 |
25-34 | 724 | 649 | 517 | 472 | 435 | 2,797 |
35-44 | 626 | 543 | 572 | 446 | 432 | 2,619 |
45-54 | 302 | 279 | 313 | 261 | 319 | 1,474 |
55-64 | 89 | 85 | 108 | 87 | 111 | 480 |
65+ | 23 | 13 | 40 | 49 | 61 | 186 |
TOTAL | 2,036 | 1,786 | 1,736 | 1,501 | 1,540 | 8,599 |