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     198 Singaporeans infected with HIV in first 10 months of 2005

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TABLE 1

NUMBER OF SINGAPOREANS REPORTED WITH HIV INFECTION/AIDS

(1985 每 Oct 2005)
﹛ ﹛ ﹛ HIV/AIDS ﹛ ﹛ ﹛ AIDS ﹛
﹛ Year Male Female Total Rate* ﹛ Male Female Total Rate*
﹛ 1985 2 0 2 0.8 ﹛ 0 0 0 0.0
﹛ 1986 6 1 7 2.8 ﹛ 1 0 1 0.4
﹛ 1987 10 0 10 3.9 ﹛ 3 0 3 1.2
﹛ 1988 15 0 15 5.8 ﹛ 6 0 6 2.3
﹛ 1989 9 1 10 3.8 ﹛ 5 0 5 1.9
﹛ 1990 17 0 17 6.2 ﹛ 8 0 8 2.9
﹛ 1991 39 3 42 15.0 ﹛ 12 0 12 4.3
﹛ 1992 49 6 55 19.3 ﹛ 17 1 18 6.3
﹛ 1993 58 6 64 22.0 ﹛ 19 3 22 7.6
﹛ 1994 76 10 86 29.0 ﹛ 44 4 48 16.2
﹛ 1995 102 9 111 36.8 ﹛ 51 5 56 18.6
﹛ 1996 123 16 139 45.3 ﹛ 89 3 92 30.0
﹛ 1997 157 16 173 55.4 ﹛ 80 8 88 28.2
﹛ 1998 167 32 199 62.7 ﹛ 112 13 125 39.4
﹛ 1999 171 35 206 63.9 ﹛ 125 15 140 43.5
﹛ 2000 193 33 226 69.3 ﹛ 128 15 143 43.8
﹛ 2001 204 33 237 71.4 ﹛ 136 16 152 45.8
﹛ 2002 206 28 234 69.3 ﹛ 133 13 146 43.2
﹛ 2003 212 30 242 70.4 ﹛ 130 13 143 41.6
﹛ 2004 290 21 311 89.2 ﹛ 162 11 173 49.6

Oct-2005

 179 19 198 ﹛ ﹛ 85 7 92 ﹛
﹛ Total 2,285 299 2,584 ﹛ ﹛ 1,346 127 1,473 ﹛

*per million population

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TABLE 2

DISTRIBUTION OF HIV INFECTED SINGAPOREANS

BY MODES OF TRANSMISSION

(1985 每 Oct 2005)
Mode of Transmission 1985-92 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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Sexual Orientation ﹛ ﹛ ﹛ ﹛ ﹛ ﹛ ﹛ ﹛
Heterosexual 75 47 62 83 103 135 163 154
Homosexual 54 6 15 17 12 12 12 29
Bisexual 18 9 9 10 20 15 19 14
Intravenous drug use 5 2 0 0 4 5 1 6
Blood Transfusion 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Renal Transplant overseas 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Perinatal (mother to child) 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 3
Total 158 64 86 111 139 173 199 206

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Mode of Transmission 1985-92 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Oct 2005
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Sexual Orientation ﹛ ﹛ ﹛ ﹛ ﹛ ﹛ ﹛
Heterosexual 75 194 191 184 183 206 136
Homosexual 54 12 26 30 40 72 51
Bisexual 18 16 16 12 14 22 6
Intravenous drug use 5 3 6 6 4 7 2
Blood Transfusion 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Renal Transplant overseas 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perinatal (mother to child) 1 1 2 2 1 4 3
Total 158 226 237 234 242 311 198

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TABLE 3

HIV INFECTED SINGAPOREANS BY MARITAL STATUS

(1985 每 Oct 2005)
Marital Status Male Female Total
Single 1373 62 1435
﹛ 60.1% 20.8% 55.5%
Married 637 181 818
﹛ 27.9% 60.5% 31.7%
Divorced/Separated 216 32 248
﹛ 9.4% 10.7% 9.6%
Widowed 59 24 83
﹛ 2.6% 8.0% 3.2%
Total 2285 299 2584
﹛ 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

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TABLE 4

HIV/AIDS INFECTED SINGAPOREANS BY ETHNIC GROUP

(1985 每 Oct 2005)
Ethnic Group Number Percentage
Chinese 2162 83.7
Malay 222 8.6
Indian/Sikh/Pakistani 119 4.6
Others 81 3.1
Total 2584 100.0

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TABLE 5

HIV INFECTED SINGAPOREANS BY AGE AND SEX

(1985 每 Oct 2005)
Age at Diagnosis (Years) Male Female Total
0 每 9 11 13 24
﹛ 0.5% 4.3% 0.9%
10 每19 15 4 19
﹛ 0.7% 1.3% 0.7%
20 每29 357 110 467
﹛ 15.6% 36.8% 18.1%
30 每39 818 80 898
﹛ 35.8% 26.8% 34.8%
40 每 49 604 47 651
﹛ 26.4% 15.7% 25.2%
50 每 59 270 31 301
﹛ 11.8% 10.4% 11.6%
60 & above 210 14 224
﹛ 9.2% 4.7% 8.7%
Total 2285 299 2584
﹛ 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

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TABLE 6

HIV/AIDS INFECTED SINGAPOREANS BY OCCUPATION

(1985 每 Oct 2005)
﹛ Occupation

Number

 %
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﹛ Service/Sales 495 19.1
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﹛ Production craftsman/Assemblers 434 16.8
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﹛ Cleaner/Labourers 309 12.0
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﹛ Managerial 222 8.6
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﹛ Technical 184 7.1
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﹛ Clerical 140 5.4
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﹛ Professional 121 4.7
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﹛ Housewives 123 4.8
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﹛ Others 227 8.8
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﹛ Unemployed 329 12.7
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Total ﹛ 2584 100.0

Source: www.moh.gov.sg Press Release 1 Dec 2005

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