HIV Infection
(asked on 11th February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new diagnoses of HIV were made in 2014 among (1) heterosexual men and women, and (2) homosexual men and women; and whether they will categorise the figures by age group.
Data for 2014 is not available until October 2015.
New HIV diagnoses in the United Kingdom in 2013, by probable exposure category and sex:
Probable exposure category | Sex | New HIV diagnoses |
Heterosexual contact | Male | 968 |
Female | 1,167 | |
Total | 2,135 | |
Homosexual contact | Male | 2,947 |
Female | 0 | |
Total | 2,947 |
New HIV diagnoses in the United Kingdom in 2013 among those infected through heterosexual contact, by sex and age group:
Sex | Age group | New HIV diagnoses |
Male | <15 | 0 |
15-24 | 47 | |
24-34 | 203 | |
35-49 | 470 | |
50+ | 248 | |
Total | 968 | |
Female | <15 | 0 |
15-24 | 105 | |
24-34 | 390 | |
35-49 | 481 | |
50+ | 191 | |
Total | 1,167 |
New HIV diagnoses in the United Kingdom in 2013 among those infected through homosexual contact, by sex and age group:
Sex | Age group | New HIV diagnoses |
Male | <15 | 0 |
15-24 | 462 | |
24-34 | 1,131 | |
35-49 | 1,046 | |
50+ | 308 | |
Total | 2,947 | |
Female | Total | 0 |
Further data tables for 2013 are available from the Public Health England webpages:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hiv-surveillance-data-and-management
Notes:
1. New HIV diagnoses data includes individuals who have an existing infection as well as those who have a newly acquired infection and therefore the data do not present incidence of infection.
2. Data will include some records of the same individuals which are unmatchable because of differences in the data supplied.
3. Numbers will rise as further reports are received.
4. Per question, ‘homosexual men’ are men who report having had sex with men and ‘homosexual women’ are women who report having had sex with women.