NATIONAL HIV/STI PREVENTION & CONTROL
PROGRAM
FACTS AND FIGURES
HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC UPDATE
January to June 2007
- Three hundred and twenty
four persons with AIDS (190 males and 134 females)
were reported between January and June 2007
compared to 451 persons between January and June
2006. That is, on average, 2 new cases of AIDS
were diagnosed each day between January and June
2007.
- The total number of reported AIDS
cases in Jamaica between January 1982 and
June 2007 is 12,063.
- One hundred
and seventy five deaths (112 males and 63 females)
were due to AIDS in the first half of 2007
compared to 196 in the corresponding period
of 2006.
- The total number of reported AIDS
deaths in Jamaica between January 1982 and June
2007 is 6,848.
- Between January and June
2007, a total of 13 new pediatric AIDS cases
(children < 10
years old) were reported, compared to 34 pediatric
AIDS cases January and June 2006.
- Three (3) pediatric AIDS deaths were
reported between January and June 2007, compared
to 4 Pediatric AIDS deaths in the corresponding
period of the previous year.
- Approximately
65% of all reported AIDS cases in Jamaica are
in the 20-44 year old age group and 85% of all
reported AIDS cases are between 20 and 60 years
old.
- In 2004, HIV was the second leading
cause of death for both young men and women
in Jamaica (age group 15 - 24 years old). HIV
was also a leading cause of death among Jamaican
children.
- The most urbanized parishes
continue to have the highest cumulative number
of AIDS cases: Kingston & St. Andrew – 716
cases per 100,000 persons and St. James – 1285
AIDS cases per 100,000 persons.
- Among
reported AIDS cases on whom risk data are
available (74% of cases), the main risk
factors fueling the HIV/AIDS epidemic are multiple
sex partners, history of STDs, crack/cocaine
use, and sex with prostitutes.
- Among
reported male AIDS cases on whom data about
sexual practices are available (62% of cases),
homosexual or bisexual activity is reported by
14% of men.
- The sexual practice of 38%
of reported male AIDS cases is unknown. Many
of these persons may be men who have sex with
men.
- In 2005, for every one thousand
pregnant women in Jamaica, fifteen were infected
with HIV. Overall, there was no significant
change in HIV infection among pregnant women
in 2005 compared to 2004.
- Between
January and June 2007, approximately four
out of five HIV-infected pregnant women
received antiretroviral medication to prevent
mother-to-child-transmission of HIV.
- For
every one thousand persons with a sexually
transmitted infection in 2005, forty-six persons
(46) were infected with HIV.
- As of June
2007, approximately one out of every three
persons reported with AIDS has a history of a
sexually transmitted infection as a risk factor.
- Approximately
9% of female sex workers are HIV infected.
N.B. In July 2005, the AIDS case definition used
for the Epidemiologic update was revised to include
persons with Advanced HIV (i.e. persons with CD4
counts < 350).
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