United Kingdom Statistics by race, age and gender

The latest statistics on AIDS & HIV in the UK were published in March 2009 by the Health Protection Agency.1

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of women diagnosed with HIV. In the years up to and including 1992, females accounted for 12% of HIV diagnoses, but in 2008 that figure was 37%. This is due to the rise in the number of women becoming infected through heterosexual contact as female diagnoses from other means of infection have remained fairly stable.

Despite comprising less than 1% of the total UK population, according to the most recent census, the total number of Black-Africans diagnosed with HIV is similar to that of white people, who are more than 90% of the population. Heterosexual contact is by far the most likely transmission route for Black-Africans, and furthermore, more Black-African women have been diagnosed in the UK (19,959) than Black-African men (10,991). In contrast, sex between men accounts for the majority of infections (71%) among white people, with nearly 90% of all diagnoses among white people being attributed to men.

Those aged between 25 and 39 account for over 60% of total HIV diagnoses.

UK HIV diagnoses, by race, 1995 to 2008

Individuals diagnosed with HIV in the UK by ethnicity

UK HIV diagnoses, by race and transmission route, 1995 to 2008

Ethnicity Sex between men Hetero- sexual contact Injecting drug use Mother to infant Recipient of blood/tissue products Other/ undetermined Total
White 22,951 6,331 1,766 91 104 923 32,166
Black-African 473 28,719 69 1,143 156 393 30,953
Black-Caribbean 685 1,656 34 15 13 71 2,474
Black-other 284 597 29 0 2 66 978
Asian 391 736 25 27 38 74 1,291
Other/mixed 1,518 1,137 122 152 25 107 3,061
Not reported 1,242 937 175 16 17 2,200 4,623
Total 27,544 40,149 2,220 1,444 355 3,834 75,546

See more UK statistics by transmission route

UK HIV diagnoses, by race and gender, 2008

White Black-African Black-Caribbean Black Other Asian Other Mixed Not reported
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
2,309 311 747 1,396 101 81 59 51 126 52 221 75 685 492
HIV diagnoses in the UK by race and gender, 2007

UK HIV diagnoses, by age group, all years until the end of 2008

Total Uk HIV diagnoses, by age, bar chart

UK HIV diagnoses, AIDS cases and deaths by sex and year of diagnosis or death

Year of diagnosis HIV AIDS Deaths*
Male Female Total† Male Female Total Male Female Total‡
1984 or earlier 1,496 108 1,612 154 7 161 ? ? 89
1985 3,069 149 3,223 237 10 247 ? ? 152
1986 2,510 255 2,767 461 13 474 ? ? 319
1987 2,199 302 2,509 659 22 681 ? ? 417
1988 1,720 231 1,953 870 38 908 ? ? 481
1989 1,872 269 2,145 1,017 66 1,083 ? ? 744
1990 2,176 371 2,552 1,145 97 1,242 ? ? 894
1991 2,282 450 2,732 1,254 139 1,393 1,054 91 1,145
1992 2,202 545 2,748 1,406 173 1,579 1,164 89 1,253
1993 2,305 532
 2,838 1,582 244 1,826 1,401 163 1,564
1994 2,256 544 2,801 1,644 230 1,874 1522 182 1,704
1995 2,300 605 2,905 1,512 285 1,797 1,499 223 1,722
1996 2,260 633 2,893 1,193 274 1,467 1,255 225 1,480
1997 2,145 682 2,828 880 223 1,103 599 149 749
1998 2,138 772 2,911 620 198 818 417 97 574
1999 2,243 998 3,243 588 205 793 391 81 472
2000 2,536 1,412 3,948 622 262 884 386 98 484
2001 3,145 1,982 5,128 524 260 784 360 118 478
2002 3,637 2,665 6,302 622 357 979 413 107 520
2003 4,117 3,272 7,389 577 447 1,024 408 165 573
2004 4,520 3,300 7,820 569 400 969 347 149 496
2005 4,776 3,317 8,093 580 340 920 448 148 596
2006 4,640 3,080 7,720 490 332 822 406 148 554
2007 4,829 2,831 7,660 486 256 742 404 163 567
2008 4,248 2,458 6,706 333 196 529 348 136 484
Total 70,656 31,635 102,333 20,089 5,082 25,171 15,869 2,688 18,560

* Includes all deaths of people diagnosed with HIV, with or without a reported AIDS diagnosis; † Includes 42 HIV diagnoses with sex not stated on the report; ‡ Includes 3 deaths with sex not stated on the report

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Sources:

  1. HPA Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (HIV and STI Department) and the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health: Unpublished Surveillance Tables, March 2009

Last updated June 25, 2009