Record number of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with HIV {UK}

xchrom

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Thu Dec-01-11 10:35 AM
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Record number of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with HIV {UK}

http://lgbtweekly.com/2011/11/29/record-number-of-gay-and-bisexual-men-diagnosed-with-hiv/

One in twenty men in the UK were diagnosed with HIV in 2010. These staggering numbers do not account for men who are unaware of their infection.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the United Kingdom reports that people living with HIV in the UK reached 91,500 in total, and 3,000 of those individuals were gay or bisexual. These numbers are the highest in history according to the report. By 2012, more than 100,000 people in the UK will be living with HIV � the immune disorder that can eventually lead to AIDS.

HIV infections in metropolitan areas across the UK are slightly increased with 1 in 12 of the gay population affected.

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La Lioness Priyanka

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Thu Dec-01-11 02:13 PM
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1. these numbers seem much lower than us numbers

unless i am mistaken

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MNBrewer

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Thu Dec-01-11 02:21 PM
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2. 5% of the UK male population was diagnosed with HIV in the last year?

That's 1 in 20. Something seems off about that.

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Thu Dec-01-11 02:47 PM
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4. I think they must have meant 1 in 20 gay males in the UK.

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muriel_volestrangler

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Thu Dec-01-11 03:03 PM
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5. Yes - HPA press release here

http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1317131678707

91,500 with HIV in total
6,660 newly diagnosed in 2010 (probably acquired in the UK: 3,640; abroad: 3,020)
Of those 6,660, over 3,000 were gay men
One in 20 gay men are now infected with HIV nationally with one in 12 in London

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Thu Dec-01-11 02:36 PM
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3. Recommended.

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