Musket....Here are the correct hiv figures for the UK.
Of course, as they are supplied by your organisation of choice and you profess to work in the field, feel free to misrepresent them as you have done in the past.

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Volume 6 No 16; 20 April 2012

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New HIV and AIDS diagnoses and deaths in the United Kingdom in 2011


Expanded HIV testing in high prevalence areas: HPA resource published


Public consultation on the role of the health workforce in tackling health inequalities




New HIV and AIDS diagnoses and deaths in the United Kingdom in 2011

New data – based on surveillance reports received as at end-December 2011 – indicate that a total of 5,600 people (4,050 men and 1,550 women) were diagnosed with HIV in the United Kingdom in 2011 [1]. This provisional figure is likely to rise to 6,150 after adjustment for reporting delays (see table). The 2011 total is a slight decrease on 2010 and continues the year-on-year decline from the peak of 7,820 diagnoses reported in 2005.

For the first time since 1998, the number of new HIV diagnoses in men who have sex with men (MSM) has surpassed new diagnoses in heterosexuals. Half of those diagnosed in 2011 (48%, 3,000) probably acquired their infection through sex between men and 47% (2,890) through heterosexual contact (data adjusted for undetermined risk) (see figure). The overall decline in new diagnoses is largely due to fewer reported cases among heterosexuals who probably acquired their infection abroad.

The number of new diagnoses among MSM in 2011 (2,475) is expected to reach 3,000 when all reports are received. This continues the slow but steady increase observed over the past decade. The majority of MSM diagnosed in 2011 are white (84%) and acquired their infection within the UK (84%). Analysis of data from each of the related surveillance systems strongly suggest that the continuing high annual numbers of new HIV diagnoses in MSM have been driven by an underlying high and unchanged HIV incidence.

The number of new diagnoses among those infected heterosexually within the UK has remained steady at around 1,100 per year since 2008. In contrast, the number of new diagnoses among heterosexuals infected abroad has halved since 2006, from 3,530 in 2008 to 1,850 in 2011. This is largely due to a decrease in new diagnoses among persons from sub-Saharan Africa.

Continued low numbers of HIV diagnoses were made in people who inject drugs (PWID) (140) and persons infected through other exposures (120), such as mother to child transmission and recipients of blood/tissue products. All infections acquired through receipt of blood/tissue products diagnosed since 2002 were acquired outside of the UK, including the 21 diagnosed in 2011.

A total of 375 deaths and 350 AIDS diagnoses among HIV-infected persons in 2011 were reported, and this number is likely to increase as further reports are received.


New HIV diagnoses by exposure group and year of diagnosis: United Kingdom, 2002 – 2011    2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011**
Probable exposure group * Sex between men Adjusted 1980 2170 2460 2640 2650 2880 2770 2800 2880 3000
Observed 1955 2137 2421 2609 2598 2811 2640 2612 2681 2475
Hetero-sexual - likely country of infection All Adjusted 4050 4800 4900 4830 4430 4110 4120 3470 3180 2890
Observed 4004 4723 4829 4763 4347 4004 3919 3240 2952 2350
In the UK Adjusted 530 640 760 830 900 1010 1080 1070 1040 1040
Observed 402 490 595 660 701 733 774 766 744 572
Abroad Adjusted 3530 4160 4140 4000 3530 3100 3040 2400 2140 1850
Observed 3526 4150 4072 3906 3396 2887 2644 2157 1814 1244
Injecting drug use Adjusted 140 170 160 190 200 180 190 160 150 140
Observed 133 167 153 185 195 178 183 147 140 102
Other exposure groups Adjusted 170 200 200 160 180 160 140 170 150 120
Observed 168 197 192 162 178 157 131 154 135 86
Not reported 77 110 110 105 134 182 347 431 448 581
Total 6337 7334 7705 7824 7452 7332 7220 6584 6356 6150
* Adjusted by distributing proportionally those reports for which exposure group is not reported.
** Adjusted for reporting delay.
Note: The table shows actual numbers for the observed values. Numbers presented in the text are rounded.


Over 3000 new cases amongst MSM represents an epidemic, an epidemic caused by either homosexual practice or extreme promiscuity.
According to HPA, there are approx 422000 MSM between 15 and 45 in the UK male population.....There are regional variations to the rate,
7.2 in London, 3.6 ENG and Wales, 1.9 Scotland.....this converts to an overall rate of just over 4%
There are over 40000 MSM living with hiv/aids in the UK.