HIV/AIDS in Australia

The HIV Epidemic in Australia - Nov, 2004 - A Cumulative Profile to 31 March, 2004

HIV Infection - *23, 556

AIDS - 9,300

Deaths - 6,363

*Estimated number of new diagnoses of HIV infection, adjusted for multiple reports, was 20, 820  (range 20,340 - 21, 300)

Diagnoses in the year to 31 March, 2004

870 diagnoses of HIV infection

196  diagnoses of AIDS

76 deaths following AIDS were reported by 30 June 2004

HIV Diagnoses

People diagnosed  with HIV infection in the year to 31 March 2004 had an average age of 37 years and 1.3% was in the age group 13 - 19 years

87.5% were male, 11.5% were female, and sex was not reported or was reported as transgender in 0.8% of cases, respectively.

Of 167 cases of HIV infection, newly diagnosed in the year to 31 March 2004 for which exposure to HIV was attributed to heterosexual contact, 100 (60%) were attributed to heterosexual contact in a high prevalence country or to heterosexual contact with a partner from a high prevalence country.

Information Source: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, NSW.