Statistics from the
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare,
October 2005
These totals are the latest reported
figures as of October 2, 2005 on the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare Web
Site at http://api-net.jfap.or.jp/mhw/survey/mhw_survey.htm
( )numbers
in parentheses indicate foreign nationals
1. HIV
infections in Japan to
October 2, 2005.
|
Males |
Total males |
Females |
Total females |
Total |
Heterosexual
transmission |
1,334( 267 ) |
1,601 |
429 ( 679 ) |
1,108 |
2,709 |
Homosexual
transmission *1 |
2,764( 192 ) |
2,956 |
1( 0 ) |
1 |
2,957 |
Injection
drug use |
17( 17 ) |
34 |
1( 2 ) |
2 |
37 |
Perinatal |
13( 3 ) |
16 |
7( 7 ) |
14 |
30 |
Other *2 |
78( 20 ) |
98 |
28( 14 ) |
42 |
140 |
Unknown |
460( 265 ) |
725 |
60( 485 ) |
545 |
1,270 |
Total HIV
infections |
4,666 ( 764 ) |
5,430 |
526( 1,187) |
1,713 |
7,143 |
2.AIDS
cases to October 2,
2005.
|
Males |
Total males |
Females |
Total females |
Total |
Heterosexual
transmission |
1,059 (193) |
1,252 |
123 (141) |
264 |
1,516 |
Homosexual
transmission *1 |
859 (80) |
939 |
1 (2) |
3 |
942 |
Injection
drug use |
8 (14) |
22 |
1 (0) |
1 |
23 |
Perinatal |
9 (1) |
10 |
3 (4) |
7 |
17 |
Other *2 |
59 (16) |
75 |
12 (8) |
20 |
95 |
Unknown |
514 (260) |
774 |
51 (116) |
167 |
941 |
Total AIDS
cases |
2,508 (564) |
3,072 |
191 (271) |
462 |
3,534 |
Infections
due to unheated blood products *3 |
1,417 ( - ) |
1,435 |
18( - ) |
18 |
1,435 |
Note: |
*1 |
Total
includes bisexuals |
*2 |
This is
the figure includes cases of infection through blood transfusion |
|
*3 |
Total
infections as of May 31, 2004. |
Deaths: 1,377.
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