UK HIV statistics

HIV is the fastest growing serious health condition in the UK. These are some of the statistics:

  • Around 86,700 cases of HIV have been reported since the early 1980s
  • 17,482 people with HIV have died since the early 1980s
  • There were 7,645 new diagnoses in 2005
  • In 2005, it was estimated that 32% of people living with HIV did not know about their infection
  • Men living with HIV outnumber women who have HIV by 2:1
  • 43% of all new diagnoses of HIV in 2005 were in London
  • 32% of new HIV diagnoses in 2005 were among men who have sex with men
Yorkshire and Humberside Statistics

· New HIV diagnoses in Yorkshire and Humberside:
· 2004: 462
· 2005: 498
· Between 2001 and 2005, new HIV diagnoses increased by 158%.
· In 2005, the number of people accessing NHS care for HIV who lived in Yorkshire and Humberside was 2,049.
This is around a 25% increase from 2004.
· Between 2002 and 2006, numbers of new diagnoses of:
· syphilis rose 138%
· chlamydia rose 14%
· genital warts rose 11%
· herpes rose 16%
· gonorrhoea decreased 19%.
· The percentage of people able to access GUM clinics within 48 hours in Yorkshire and Humberside has
improved from:
· May 2006: 44%
· May 2007: 62%.
· This was still below the average for England overall in May 2007, which was 72%.

(Source Terrence Higgins Trust)