HC Deb 20 February 1990 vol 167 cc710-1W
37. Mr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many injecting drug misusers are known to have been infected by HIV; and how many of them are known to be still alive.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The table shows the cumulative totals of HIV anti-body positive reports, up to the end of December 1989, and AIDS cases, up to the end of January 1990.

AIDS cases HIV anti-body positive
(United Kingdom figures) (United Kingdom figures)
Men Women Total1 Men Women Total2
TOTAL 2,803 117 2,920 (1,660) 10,204 1,251 11,676
Injecting drug misusers 66 20 86 (38) 1,145 551 1,727
Injecting drug user/homo/bisexual 39 — 39 (19) 92 — 92
1 Deaths shown in brackets.
2 Includes small numbers where sex not specified.

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