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Friday, 28 December 2007 |
In Toronto
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Over 15,696 people have tested positive for HIV in Toronto since 1985.
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64.6% of all positive HIV test reports in Ontario have been reported in Toronto.
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Women have accounted for 13% of all positive HIV test reports in Toronto since 1985.
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Modes of HIV Transmission:
- Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) 80%.
- Injection Drug Users (IDU) 4.2%
- Heterosexual contact 7.2%
- People from countries where HIV is endemic 7.3%
In Ontario
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Ontario has the highest number of positive HIV test reports in Canada with a total of 24,734 (1985 - end of 2003).
- In 2002 there were 1,217 positive HIV tests reported in Ontario:
an increase from the 1,143 cases reported in 2002 and 911 in 2001.
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It is estimated that 7,087 people have died of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses in Ontario since 1977.
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Men have accounted for 87% of all positive HIV test reports in Ontario.
- Women have accounted for 13% of all positive HIV test reports.
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Modes of HIV Transmission:
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Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) 68%
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Injection Drug Users (IDU) 7.8%
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Heterosexual contact 11.5%
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People from countries where HIV is endemic 3.2%
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Women 13.7%
In Canada
- Almost 58,000 Canadians are HIV positive, 27% of them don't know it.
- Women make up 20% of all infections in Canada.
- Aboriginal people are over-represented in the epidemic and are almost 3X more likely to be infected than other Canadians.
- A national study found that 50% of grade nine and eleven students wrongly believe there is a vaccine to prevent HIV/AIDS.
Globally
- 33.5 million people are living with HIV.
- 2.5 million of them are children.
- 2.1 million died in 2007 alone.
- 2.5 million became infected with HIV in 2007 alone.
- AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since 1981.
- Someone dies of an AIDS related illness every 15 seconds.
- Almost half of all the adults living with HIV are women.
- Women are biologically more vulnerable than men to HIV infection.
- Someone is infected with HIV every 13 seconds.
Recent Trends (2003, 2004)
Toronto
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765 Torontonians were diagnosed HIV positive in 2003.
- 800 Torontonians were diagnosed HIV positive in 2004.
- 62.5% of Ontario's positive HIV test reports in 2003 were in Toronto.
- HIV infection among women in Toronto has been steadily increasing over the years. Women accounted for 26.9% of adult positive HIV test reports.
- Modes of HIV Transmission in 2004:
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Men who have sex with men (MSM) 56.8%.
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Men who have sex with men/Injection drug users 2.4%
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Injection drug users (IDU) 2.9%
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Heterosexual contact 16.8%
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People from countries where HIV is endemic 19.4%
Ontario (Jan. 2003 – December 2003)
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HIV infection among women has been steadily increasing over the years.
Women accounted for 29% of adult positive HIV test reports in 2003.
- Mode of HIV Transmission in Ontario, (for those cases where information is available):
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Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) 45%.
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Injection Drug Users (IDU) 6.3%
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Heterosexual contact 19.9%
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People from countries where HIV is endemic 21.8%
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 29 January 2008 )
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