6,660 people have so far been reported as newly diagnosed with HIV during 2010 but the final figure may be higher. This information is based on HIV diagnoses made in 2010, which were reported to the Health Protection Agency by 15 July 2011.
How has this been changing over time?
Significant numbers of people are being diagnosed with HIV each year, although the numbers are now levelling off.
The 2010 figure represents a decline on the peak of diagnosis observed in 2005 (7,844). The HPA attributes this decline largely to fewer reports of diagnoses among people who acquired their infection heterosexually abroad, particularly black African women.
What about people of different genders?
The majority of people newly diagnosed with HIV are male.
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Gender
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% of total newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK during 2010
|
|
Male
|
68%
|
|
Female
|
32%
|
*Please note that all percentages are rounded so some may not add up to 100%
This information is based on the Health Protection Agency’s figures for people diagnosed with HIV during 2010, as reported to them by 15 July 2011, as seen in their HIV in the United Kingdom 2010: 2011 Report: 4,510 males and 2,150 females.
What about people in different probable exposure categories?
Of those newly diagnosed in 2010, more are estimated to have been infected through heterosexual sex than sex between men. However since the population of men who have sex with men (MSM) is much smaller than the heterosexual population the prevalence rate of HIV infection is much higher amongst MSM.
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Probable exposure category
|
% of total newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK during 2010
|
|
Heterosexual contact
|
50%
|
|
Sex between men
|
45%
|
|
Injecting drug use
|
2.5%
|
|
Other
|
2.5%
|
|
|
100%
|
*Please note that all percentages are rounded so some may not add up to 100%
This data is based on estimations by the HPA in 2011 following adjustment for missing information relating to cases reported, sourced from their HIV in the United Kingdom 2010: 2011 Report.
Of those newly diagnosed there is a large difference between exposure categories as to where the infection is thought to have been acquired. Of heterosexuals newly diagnosed in 2010, it is estimated that only 33% acquired their infection in the UK. Of men who have sex with men newly diagnosed in 2010, 81% are estimated to have probably acquired their infection in the UK. This means that, of infections that occur in the UK, more are transmitted by sex between men (1,701) than are transmitted by heterosexual sex (1,090).
The proportion of heterosexuals newly diagnosed with HIV that are estimated to have been infected in the UK has more than doubled from 15% in 2004 to 33% in 2010.
This data is based on estimations by the HPA in 2011 following adjustment for missing information relating to cases reported, sourced from their HIV New Diagnoses Surveillance Tables: Table A and their HIV in the United Kingdom 2010: 2011 Report.
What about people of different ethnicities?
The percentage of new HIV diagnoses by ethnicity is given below.
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Ethnicity
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% of those newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK during 2010
|
|
White
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48%
|
|
Black African
|
31%
|
|
Black Caribbean
|
3%
|
|
Other/Mixed
|
11%
|
|
Unknown
|
5%
|
|
|
100%
|
*Please note that all percentages are rounded so some may not add up to 100%
This information is based on HIV diagnoses made in 2010 reported to the Health Protection Agency by 15 July 2011, calculated from the HPA’s HIV New Diagnoses Surveillance Tables: Table 10.
How does the breakdown by probable exposure category and ethnicity vary by gender?
Men
In 2010, over half of newly diagnosed men acquired their infection through sex between men and over 62% were white.
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Probable exposure category
|
% of total men newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK during 2010
|
|
Men who have sex with men
|
60%
|
|
Heterosexual contact
|
27%
|
|
Injecting drug use
|
2%
|
|
Mother to child transmission
|
1%
|
|
Blood/blood products recipient
|
0.2%
|
|
Other/Unknown
|
10%
|
|
|
100%
|
|
Ethnicity
|
% of total men newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK during 2010
|
|
White
|
62%
|
|
Black African
|
17%
|
|
Black Caribbean
|
3%
|
|
Other/Mixed
|
12%
|
|
Unknown
|
7%
|
|
|
100%
|
*Please note that all percentages are rounded so some may not add up to 100%
This information is based on HIV diagnoses made in 2010 reported to the Health Protection Agency by 15 July 2011, calculated from the HPA’s HIV New Diagnoses Surveillance Tables: Table 2 and Table 10.
Women
The vast majority of newly diagnosed women were infected through heterosexual sex, and nearly two thirds of newly diagnosed women are black African.
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Probable exposure category
|
% of total women newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK during 2010
|
|
Heterosexual
|
84%
|
|
Injecting drug use
|
2%
|
|
Mother to child transmission
|
3%
|
|
Blood/blood products recipient
|
1%
|
|
Other/Unknown
|
11%
|
|
|
100%
|
|
Ethnicity
|
% of total women newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK during 2010
|
|
White
|
18%
|
|
Black African
|
60%
|
|
Black Caribbean
|
4%
|
|
Other/Mixed
|
9%
|
|
Unknown
|
6%
|
|
|
100%
|
*Please note that all percentages are rounded so some may not add up to 100%
This information is based on HIV diagnoses made in 2010 reported to the Health Protection Agency by 15 July 2011, calculated from the HPA’s HIV New Diagnoses Surveillance Tables: Table 2 and Table 10.
What about people of different ages?
Two-thirds of people newly diagnosed with HIV are aged between 25 and 44, but over 10% are under 25.
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|
% of total newly diagnosed as HIV positive in the UK during 2010
|
|
Under 15
|
0.9%
|
|
15-24
|
10%
|
|
25-34
|
33%
|
|
35-44
|
32%
|
|
45-54
|
16%
|
|
55 and over
|
7%
|
|
|
100%
|
*Please note that all percentages are rounded so some may not add up to 100%
This information is based on HIV diagnoses made in 2010 reported to the Health Protection Agency by 15 July 2011, calculated from the HPA’s HIV New Diagnoses Surveillance Tables: Table 6.
What about people in the different nations of the UK?
The vast majority of people newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK live in England.
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Nation
|
% of total newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK during 2010
|
|
England
|
92%
|
|
Scotland
|
5%
|
|
Wales
|
2%
|
|
Northern Ireland
|
1%
|
|
|
100%
|
*Please note that all percentages are rounded so some may not add up to 100%
This information is based on HIV diagnoses made in 2010 reported to the Health Protection Agency by 15 July 2011, calculated from the HPA’s HIV New Diagnoses Surveillance Tables: Table 3.
What about people in the different regions within England?
Over two-fifths of all people newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK live in London.
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Region
|
% of total newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK during 2010
|
|
London
|
43%
|
|
North West
|
8%
|
|
West Midlands
|
7%
|
|
East of England
|
7%
|
|
Yorkshire and The Humber
|
6%
|
|
South East Coastal
|
6%
|
|
East Midlands
|
4%
|
|
South Central
|
5%
|
|
South West
|
4%
|
|
North East
|
2%
|
|
Total England
|
92%
|
*Please note that all percentages are rounded so some may not add up to 100%
This information is based on HIV diagnoses made in 2010 reported to the Health Protection Agency by 15 July 2011, calculated from the HPA’s HIV New Diagnoses Surveillance Tables: Table 3.