Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2007 - Drug Misuse Information ...

Blood-borne Viruses
C4.4 Reports of HIV infection and deaths 1 among injecting drug users and
AIDS cases registered 2,3 : 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2002 - 2006 4
as at 31 December of year indicated 5
All HIV reports
HIV reports among persons presumed
infected in Scotland 6
Deaths among HIV infected IDU's
AIDS cases registered
Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
Injecting drug user
1985 105 61 166 102 60 162 3 1 4 - - -
1990 31 7 38 30 7 37 28 10 38 22 3 25
1995 r 24 6 30 19 4 23 54 24 78 33 17 50
2000 r 13 6 19 11 6 17 19 6 25 9 2 11
2002 r 9 4 13 8 4 12 25 9 34 11 2 13
2003 r 8 4 12 6 4 10 19 8 27 6 2 8
2004 r 14 3 17 11 3 14 9 4 13 5 - 5
2005 r 25 4 29 12 3 15 19 6 25 2 2 4
2006 18 7 25 10 3 13 5 4 9 3 1 4
Cumulative Total
(to 31 Dec 2006) 967 400 1 367 873 381 1 254 546 198 744 320 119 439
All transmission categories
Cumulative Total
(To 31 Dec 2006) 3 630 1 339 4 969 2 538 753 3 291 1 221 306 1 527 1 035 278 1 313
1 Deaths relate to the number of deaths occurring during the given year - irrespective of when the case was registered. Cause of death may not necessarily be related to the persons HIV status. Death data is subject to
reporting delay.
2 Totals include data for years not featured.
3 Figures include several males who have had sexual intercourse with other males.
4 Year of report/registration.
5 Data as at 31 June 2007
6 Cases are presumed infected in Scotland unless information is available which indicates the infection occurred elsewhere. Cases presumed infected in Scotland excludes cases where infection in know to have
occurred in other parts of the UK, Europe or the rest of the world.
- (zero)
r Revised.
Source: Health Protection Scotland (HPS).
Health Impact
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