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HIV/AIDS cases in Japan

For the period of Sept. 30 - Dec. 29, 2002

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

 NOTE: JAPANetwork provides this information solely as a service for those who may not be able to read these statistics in Japanese. These are the figures for HIV/AIDS cases REPORTED by doctors and city officials for the above three-month period.

HIV Cases

(AIDS cases in the table following HIV infection totals.)

Grand totals of HIV/AIDS cases to date
HIV
Japanese
male
Japanese
female
total
Foreign
male
Foreign
female
total
total
males
total
females
Grand
total
TOTALS
114
9
123
9
7
16
123
16
139
heterosexual sexual contact
31
6
37
3
5
8
34
11
45
homosexual sexual contact*1
73
0
73
4
0
4
77
0
77
drug injection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
perinatal
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
other *2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
unknown
9
2
11
2
2
4
11
4
15
Based on gender and age
under 10
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
10-19
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
20-29
49
3
52
3
1
4
52
4
56
30-39
33
4
37
5
6
11
38
10
48
40-49
18
2
20
0
0
0
18
2
20
50 +
12
0
12
1
0
1
13
0
13
unknown
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Country where infection occurred
Within Japan
101
5
106
6
2
8
107
7
114
Outside of Japan
5
1
6
2
2
4
7
3
10
unknown
8
3
11
1
3
4
9
6
15

AIDS Cases

AIDS
Japanese
male
Japanese
female
total
Foreign
male
Foreign
female
total
total
males
total
females
Grand
total
TOTALS
45
7
52
5
4
9
50
11
61
heterosexual sexual contact
21
4
25
2
3
5
23
7
30
homosexual sexual contact*1
16
0
16
0
0
0
16
0
16
drug injection
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
perinatal
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
other *2
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
unknown
8
2
10
2
1
3
10
3
13
Based on gender and age
under 10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10-19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20-29
5
1
6
0
1
1
5
2
7
30-39
11
1
12
3
2
5
14
3
17
40-49
9
2
11
2
1
3
11
3
14
50 +
20
3
23
0
0
0
20
3
23
unknown
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Country where infection occurred
Within Japan
29
4
33
0
1
1
29
5
34
Outside of Japan
7
1
8
3
1
4
10
2
12
unknown
9
2
11
2
2
4
11
4
15

Total HIV/AIDS Cases to date

HIV
Japanese
male
Japanese
female
total
Foreign
male
Foreign
female
total
total
males
total
females
Grand
total
heterosexual sexual contact
1,010
348
1,358
214
616
830
1,224
964
2,188
homosexual sexual contact*1
1,611
1
1,612
148
0
148
1,759
1
1,760
drug injection
11
0
11
16
1
17
27
1
28
perinatal
13
7
20
2
7
9
15
14
29
other *2
40
26
66
13
11
24
53
37
90
unknown
310
44
354
217
455
672
527
499
1,026
HIV total
2,995
426
3,421
610
1,090
1,700
3,605
1,516
5,121
AIDS
heterosexual sexual contact
796
94
890
154
113
267
950
207
1,157
homosexual sexual contact*1
552
1
553
57
1
58
609
2
611
drug injection
5
1
6
11
0
11
16
1
17
perinatal
8
3
11
1
3
4
9
6
15
other *2
32
12
44
13
7
20
45
19
64
unknown
359
39
398
201
86
287
560
125
685
AIDS total
1,752
150
1,902
437
210
647
2,189
360
2,549
cases due to unheated blood products *3
1,413
18
1,431
-
-
-
1,413
18
1,431
Notes: *1: Bisexual males included in total.
*2: Cases where the mode of transmission is not clear; i.e. transfusions, drug use, sexual contact, etc.
*3. According to a Japan-wide survey of hemophiliacs as of May 31, 2001, the number of patients who contracted HIV through blood products (167 patients who have developed AIDS and 536 patients who have died are included in this figure.)

Deaths in Japan due to AIDS to date: 1,283

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

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