Tuesday 12 September 2017

                                                                  estimated 101,200 people are living with HIV In UK  Of these, 13% are undiagnosed and do not know about their HIV infection. 594 people with HIV died. 305 were diagnosed with an AIDS defining illness, this is less than half than those diagnosed with AIDS in 2006. There were 6,095 new HIV diagnoses. Two-fifths (39%) of people diagnosed with HIV in 2015 were diagnosed late, after they should have already started treatment. 88,769 people accessed HIV care services, 41% of whom live in London. Of new HIV diagnoses in 2015, 54% were among men who have sex with men (MSM). Of those accessing HIV care, one in three (34%) are aged 50 years or older, and 5% are 65 or older. HIV testing has increased over the past 10 years. Testing rates are highest in MSM and black African people. There are now more people living with HIV in the UK than ever before. In 2015, an estimated 101,200 people in the UK were living with HIV, 13% of whom were unaware of their infection. A total of 6,095 people were newly diagnosed with HIV in 2015. The proportion of new infections from heterosexual contact that were UK-acquired has increased from 40% to 57% (2006-2015). This proportion for MSM (men who have sex with men) has seen a slight decrease over the same time period. Two-fifths (39%) of people diagnosed with HIV were diagnosed late, after they should have begun treatment. Late diagnosis is most common in certain groups, heterosexuals in particular: heterosexual men (55%) black African (53%) heterosexual women (49%) black other (49%) black Caribbean (46%) ??????? older people aged 65 and over (63%) The number of new HIV diagnoses among MSM continues to surpass the number among heterosexuals (3,320 MSM and 2,360 heterosexuals in 2015). 
  • Heterosexual infections accounted for 39% of new diagnoses. Out of all newly diagnosed heterosexual men and women, 28% and 18% respectively were aged 50 or older. 
    Out of all people accessing HIV care, 34% were aged 50 or over. 
    16% of all new HIV diagnoses were among people born in Africa. This is a third of the same figure in 2006, when 41% of all new HIV diagnoses were among people born in Africa.
    The proportion of new diagnoses reported in people born in the UK has increased from 35% to 44% over the same period.

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