Stats & Info
Approximately 58,000 Canadians are living with HIV/AIDS. Researchers project that 27% of that number are unaware they are infected.
2,508 Canadians were diagnosed with HIV in 2006, 14% more than were diagnosed in 2001. It is estimated that approximately 4,000 Canadians are actually infected with HIV every year.
Women represent a growing proportion of positive HIV test reports in Canada. They accounted for about 28% of all HIV diagnoses in Canada in 2006. From 1985-1992 they accounted for only 8.9% of HIV infections.
Modes of HIV Transmission Among Adult Canadians in 2006:
- Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) 39.6%
- Injection Drug Users (IDU) 17%
- Women 28%
- People from countries with high rates of HIV infection 8.3%
HIV is transmitted through:
- Unprotected sexual intercourse (vaginal, anal, oral)
- Shared needles or equipment for injecting drugs
- Unsterilized needles for tattooing, skin piercing or acupuncture
- Pregnancy, delivery and breast feeding (from an HIV-infected mother to her infant)
- ccupational exposure in health care settings.
HIV cannot be transmitted through:
- Casual, everyday contact
- Shaking hands, hugging, kissing
- Coughs, sneezes
- Giving blood
Swimming pools, toilet seats - Sharing eating utensils, water fountains
- Mosquitoes, other insects, or animals
In 2007 there were 33.2 million people world wide living with HIV and that includes people from Canada and even PEI. Women and girls now comprise 50% of those aged 15 and older living with HIV.
In 2007 420,000 children under the age of 15 were infected with HIV and 290,000 (69%) died of AIDS.
Every 60 seconds somebody will contract HIV and it could happen to anyone.
By the end of today, 9,000 people will die of AIDS around the world.
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Sources: http://www.actoronto.org/website/home.nsf/pages/hivaidsstatscan
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