Speeches

Jim Shannon – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women in each age group have been diagnosed with HIV in each of the last five years.

Jane Ellison

The annual numbers of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnoses among men by age group over the last five years is shown in Table 1. The numbers for women by age group over the same period is shown in Table 2. The majority of new diagnoses are among persons aged between 25 and 44 years.

Number of men newly diagnosed with HIV by age group: United Kingdom, 2010-2014

Age group

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Total

0-14

26

30

23

16

12

107

15-24

457

482

536

583

565

2,623

25-34

1,339

1,408

1,431

1,503

1,609

7,290

35-44

1,402

1,364

1,315

1,219

1,158

6,458

45-54

748

752

821

812

803

3,936

55-64

261

271

286

265

315

1,398

65+

84

96

106

133

149

568

TOTAL

4,317

4,403

4,518

4,531

4,611

22,380

Number of women newly diagnosed with HIV by age group: United Kingdom, 2010-2014

Age group

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Total

0-14

46

38

20

19

20

143

15-24

226

179

166

167

162

900

25-34

724

649

517

472

435

2,797

35-44

626

543

572

446

432

2,619

45-54

302

279

313

261

319

1,474

55-64

89

85

108

87

111

480

65+

23

13

40

49

61

186

TOTAL

2,036

1,786

1,736

1,501

1,540

8,599