(2) by gender

(3) by age

	HIV	AIDS
under 10	0	0
10 - 19	2	1
20 - 29	28	3
30 - 39	28	12
40 - 49	9	14
50 above	10	11

(4) by nationality

(5) by location where infection occurred

HIV infection information for September - October 1998

(Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of non-Japanese infected, within total reported.)

2. Based on gender and age

	male	female	total
under 10	1 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0)
10 - 19	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
20 - 29	1 (1)	2 (2)	3 (3)
30 - 39	7 (5)	5 (3)	12 (8)
40 - 49	14 (1)	0 (0)	14 (1)
50 above	11 (0)	0 (0)	11 (0)
unknown	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
total	34 (7)	7 (5)	41 (12)

3. Based on gender and country where infection occurred

	male	female	total
within Japan	21 (0)	1 (0)	22 (0)
outside Japan	7 (3)	2 (1)	9 (4)
unknown	6 (4)	4 (4)	10 (8)
total	34 (7)	7 (5)	41 (12)

Total reported AIDS cases as of end October, 1998.

1. Based on mode of transmission and gender

	male	female	total
heterosexual sexual contact	447 (87)	94 (48)	541 (135)
homosexual sexual contact*1	300 (39)	0 (0)	300 (39)
drug injection	13 (9)	0 (0)	13 (9)
perinatal	8 (1)	3 (1)	11 (2)
other	18 (5)	8 (2)	26 (7)
unknown	287 (112)	70 (53)	357 (165)
subtotal	1,073 (253)	175 (104)	1,248 (357)
coagulant factor *2	624 (...)	7 (...)	631 (...)
total patients	1,697 (253)	182 (104)	1,879 (357)

Notes: *1: 25 bisexual males included in total
*2: This is the figure presented in the interim report by the reserch group which studies protection against AIDS and remedy (treatment) for AIDS, as of the end of October,1997. . Since February 17, 1990, cases of HIV infection through infected coagulent factor (blood products) have been excluded from reporting.

Total reported HIV infections as of end October, 1998.

1. Based on mode of transmission and gender

	male	female	total
heterosexual sexual contact	665(140)	713(504)	1,378(644)
homosexual sexual contact*1	686(89)	0(0)	686(89)
drug injection	18(13)	0(0)	18(13)
perinatal	9(2)	11(6)	20(8)
other	27(10)	24(6)	51(16)
unknown	292(149)	407(386)	699(535)
subtotal	1,697(403)	1,155(902)	2,852(1,305)
coagulant factor *2	1,417 (...)	17(...)	1,434(...) *3
total patients	3,114(403)	1,172(902)	4,286(1,305)

Notes: *1: 38 bisexual males included in total;
*2: These figures according to a report by the research group which studies protection against AIDS and remedy (treatment) for AIDS, as of the end of October,1997. Since the law for the protection against AIDS took effect on Feb.17,1988, the cases due to coagulant factor (blood products) medicines have been excluded from reporting.
*3: 631 AIDS patients included

Deaths in Japan due to AIDS to date: 1,083