HIV Statistics

  • UK Statistics
  • International Statistics
UK outline wth people going about their business - it could be any of us!

From the 2007 (most up to date) figures from the Health Protection Agency

People living with HIV

  • More than 80,000 people are living with HIV in the UK
  • Over a quarter of people with HIV in the UK are undiagnosed
  • About two thirds of people living with HIV are male and a third are women
  • Over half of all people living with HIV are aged between 30 and 44, but there are significant numbers both of young people and older people now living with HIV

New HIV cases in 2007

  • 7,700 new diagnoses in the UK in 2007
  • 2,700 new diagnoses among men who have sex with men
  • 3,500 new diagnoses among people from black and minority ethnic communities

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From the 2007 (most up to date) figures from UNAIDS Logo

People living with HIV

  • 33 million people living with HIV worldwide
  • 30.8 million adults
  • 15.5 million women
  • 2 million children under 15

New HIV cases in 2007

  • 2.7 million total new cases
  • 2.3 million adults
  • 370,000 children under 15

HIV-related deaths in 2007

  • 2 million total deaths