Record numbers with HIV now in the UK

An estimated 63,500 adults are now living with HIV in the UK and around 21,000 of these remain unaware of their infection. And with a further 1,650 diagnoses in adults over 60 and another 800 in children under 15, the true figure is actually closer to 66,000.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) released the new HIV figures on World Aids Day in a report called A Complex Picture, showing over 7,450 new cases of HIV had been diagnosed in 2005.

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Published: 18th February 2007 by Lee (updated Thu 21st Jan)