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HIV Infections in Japan


For the period of April - June 2002

The following statistics were taken from the Japanese Health and WelfareMinistry's home page at: http://api-net.jfap.or.jp/mhw/survey/mhw_survey.htm

 NOTE: JAPANetwork provides this information solely as a servicefor those who may not be able to read these statistics in Japanese.

Overview - General totals

These are the figures for HIV/AIDS cases REPORTED by doctors and city officialsfor the above three-month period. Newly-reported cases of AIDS: 77; of HIV:149.

OF THE 77 NEW AIDS CASES, ONLY TWO PEOPLE PREVIOUSLY KNEW THEY WERE INFECTED WITH HIV.

 A breakdown of modes of infection is as follows (in numberof cases):

 

heterosexual contact: AIDS: 33; HIV: 49
homosexual contact: AIDS: 17; HIV: 77
perinatal (mother to child): AIDS: 0; HIV: 0
IV drug use: AIDS: 1; HIV: 1
other: AIDS: 1; HIV: 1
unknown: AIDS: 25; HIV: 21

 

Total reported HIV infections as of end June 2002.


Numbers of cases of HIV transmission through unheated blood products are counted separately from totals.
Based on mode of transmission and gender
 
 
malefemaletotal
heterosexual sexual contact
932(203)
335(606)
2,076
homosexual sexual contact*1
1,456(134)
1(0)
1,591
drug injection
10(16)
0(1)
27
perinatal
11(2)
7(6)
26
other*2
40(13)
25(11)
89
unknown
287(213)
41(448)
989
total patients
2,736(581)
409(1,072)
4,798
Notes: *1: Bisexuals included in total;
*2: This figure inlcludes cases of infection through blood transfusion

Total reported AIDS cases as of end June 2002.

Based on mode of transmission and gender
 
 
malefemaletotal
heterosexual sexual contact
751 (151)
86 (105)
1,093
homosexual sexual contact*1
505 (56)
1 (0)
562
drug injection
5 (11)
1 (0)
17
perinatal
8 (1)
3 (3)
15
other*2
29 (12)
11 (7)
59
unknown
332 (191)
35 (84)
642
total AIDS patients
1,630 (422)
137 (199)
2,388

 
malefemaletotal
coagulant factor *3
1,413 ( - )
18 ( - )
1, 431
Notes:
*3 This is the number of the people who were infected through blood coagulant as of May 31st 2001.

Total deaths to date: 1, 270

This page found at: http://www.japanetwork.org/aidsnews/stats/02apr_jun.html

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