HIV Statistics
More people than ever are living with HIV in the UK and each year new infections occur. These statistics provide a snapshot of the HIV epidemic in the UK and abroad.
People living with HIV in the UK
- The number of people living with HIV in the UK has trebled in the last 10 years
- More than 90,000 people are living with HIV in the UK
- Around a quarter of people with HIV in the UK are undiagnosed
- About two thirds of people living with HIV are men and a third are women
- Over half of all people living with HIV are aged between 30 and 49, but there are significant numbers both of young people and older people now living with HIV
The latest figures for 2010 show:
- 6,658 new HIV diagnoses
- The two groups most affected remain gay and bisexual men and black African heterosexuals – over three-quarters of people diagnosed with HIV in 2010 were among these two groups
- 3,000 new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men — the highest number ever recorded in a year
- 3,350 new HIV diagnoses were acquired heterosexually and more than two-thirds of these acquired their HIV abroad
- Half of adults were diagnosed with HIV at a late stage of infection (after the point at which treatment should have begun)
All figures from the Health Protection Agency. For more detailed statistics, please visit the NAT website.
International statistics
- The number of new HIV infections has declined globally by 21% since the estimated peak of the epidemic in 1997
- 2.7 million people were newly infected with HIV worldwide in 2009
- In some parts of the world (particularly within Sub-Saharan Africa) between 15-28% of the population are living with HIV
People living with HIV globally
- 34 million people living with HIV worldwide
- 0.8% HIV adult prevalence worldwide
- 50% of people living with HIV worldwide are women
- 1.8 million AIDS-related deaths
New HIV cases around the globe in 2010
- 2.7 million people diagnosed with HIV
- 390,000 new HIV infections among children
- HIV incidence has fallen in 33 countries, 22 of them in sub-Saharan Africa
All global figures from UNAIDS
The history of HIV
Find out about key events, dates and people in the three decades since HIV first emerged and see how the epidemic has changed over time.
Take a look at the HIV Timeline >
At risk?
Many people aren’t sure whether they've put them selves at risk of HIV infection but it's important to find out and get tested if needed.
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