HIV/AIDS In Indonesia: Continuing To Increase From Year To Year

An Expert said that Indonesia would have five million HIV/AIDS cases in 2010. The number was based on estimation of HIV/AIDS sufferers who came to the hospitals accounting for not more than one tenth of the total number of people who infected with the deadly virus in Indonesia.

Based on data at the Ministry of Health, up to September 2009, a total o 18,422 HIV/AIDS sufferers were recorded in Indonesia, with men-women ratio of 3:1. And almost all provinces across Indonesia had HIV/AIDS cases.
The Number of reported HIV/AIDS cases will reach 93,000 - 130,000 in 2010, which is merely the top of iceberg. Or only 5 - 10 percent of total number of HIV/AIDS sufferers in Indonesia.

The highest number of HIV/AIDS cases occurred in five provinces, namely Papua 17.9 percent of the national figure, Bali 5.3 percent, Jakarta 3.8 percent, Riau Islands 3.4 percent and West Kalimanta 2.2 percen of the overall number in Indonesia.

According to the latest data about 49.57 percent of HIV/AIDS cases involved people in the 20-29 years age group, 29.84 percent in the 30-39 years age group and 8.71 percent occurred in the 40-49 years age group. And sexual intercourse had now become the most frequent cause of the spread of HIV/AIDS in the society, accounting of 50 percent of the total number of sufferers. While the use of syringes only 40.7 percent and the spread of HIV?AIDS among certain groups such as homosexuals and transexuals reached only 3-4 percent.


Source: Antara
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