Karleen
From
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/may/25/birth-rate-statistics-england-wales
(25 May 2010)
New figures released today by the Office for
National Statistics show that the birth rate for
England and Wales has fallen minimally, by 0.2%,
to 63.6 (that is, 63.6 live births per 1,000
women of childbearing age). There were 706,248
live births in 2009 compared to 708,711 the
previous year. Despite this drop year on year,
the birth rate has been rising steadily over the
past decade. In 1999, there were 621,872 live
births, which equates to a birth rate of 57.8 and
a fertility rate of 1.7 children per woman. The
fertility rate now stands at 1.95.
From http://www.nat.org.uk/HIV-Facts/Statistics/
From
http://www.nat.org.uk/HIV-Facts/Statistics/Latest-UK-statistics/Undiagnosed-HIV.aspx
Health Protection Agency’s estimates of the
number of adults aged 15-59 living with HIV in
the UK in 2010 as found in its HIV in the United
Kingdom: 2011 Report. There are estimated to be
over 22,000 people living with HIV in the UK who
are unaware of their infection (diagnosed 74%,
undiagnosed 26%). Of people living with HIV,
women born in Africa are most likely to be aware
of their infection. This is likely to be due to
the success of antenatal screening. Heterosexual
men born both in and outside of Africa are the
least likely to be aware of their HIV infection.
Heterosexual women born in Africa, diagnosed 78%,
undiagnosed 22%. Heterosexual men born in Africa,
diagnosed 71%, undiagnosed 29%
From
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/250075/pinoyabroad/uk-may-soon-extend-to-foreigners-free-hiv-treatment
(today!) UK may soon extend to foreigners free
HIV treatment, GMA News March 2, 2012, Foreigners
in the United Kingdom may soon be entitled to
free human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
treatment, a report of the news site BBC said.
The report said a proposed measure was drawn up
because roughly 25,000 people with undiagnosed
HIV in UK were foreigners or born abroad.
“Conservative former cabinet minister Lord
Fowler… has called for an amendment to the Health
and Social Care Bill currently before the Lords.
This would extend free [HIV] treatment to those
who have been in Britain for six months,” a BBC
report said. Currently, UK's free HIV treatment
program covers only Britons and excludes
foreigners (asylum seekers, foreign students, and tourists).
Health Protection Agency (2010) 'United Kingdom
new HIV diagnoses to end of December
2010,
http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/Page/1201094588891
In 2010, 22000 individuals were newly infected in
the UK. Around 50 percent of people diagnosed in
the UK were infected through heterosexual sex,
making this the single biggest exposure category.
Of these people around a third were probably
infected in the UK. (Health Protection
Agency 'HIV in the United Kingdom: 2011 report')
The high rate of HIV amongst Africans in the UK
reflects the severity of the AIDS epidemic in
sub-Saharan Africa. In the period 1995-2010 there
have been a total of 46,863 HIV diagnoses among
people of black African ethnicity in the UK, 70
percent of which were as a result of heterosexual
sex. ... The increasing number of people infected
with HIV through heterosexual sex means that the
number of women with HIV is increasing. The male
to female ratio of HIV diagnoses made before 1994
was more than 7 to 1, whereas in 2010 the ratio
for new diagnoses was around 2 male to 1
female.... In 2010 there were 5,627 new HIV
diagnoses in England, 280 in Scotland, 148 in
Wales and 81 in Northern Ireland. London is the
epicentre of the UK AIDS epidemic, accounting for
around half of HIV diagnoses in the UK.... Of all
HIV diagnoses to the end of December 2010, 44
percent resulted from sex between men, 45 percent
from heterosexual sex, 5 percent from injecting
drug use, 2 percent from mother-to-child
transmission, 2 percent from blood/tissue
transfer or blood factor, and 3 percent from
other or undetermined routes. ... A high uptake
of antenatal HIV testing and the availability of
drugs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of
HIV has contributed to a low number of HIV
infections passed from mother to child in the UK.
HIV diagnoses attributed to mother-to-child
transmission totalled 51 in 2010, the majority of
which were acquired outside of the UK. There has
been a total of 1,964 UK diagnoses of HIV in
people who acquired the virus from their mothers.
[Me] I hope these stats help. I'm sure there
are few HIV-positve pregnant women who will not
be identified by antenatal screening in early
pregnancy. However, it's the men who are the
risk here, and the number of women who might be
newly infected by their partners during late
pregnancy or during the breastfeeding period. A
recent study from South Africa suggests that as
many as a quarter of all MTCT of HIV might be due
to new seroconversions in this time period - and
when there has been a primary infection of the
mother, the risk of transmission to the baby
during pregnancy, birth or breastfeeding could be
as high as 30% due to very high viral levels.
If others are sending in stats, I hope you'll
they'll send to the list, or cc to me, because I
would like to learn the numbers too, particularly in Australia and New Zealand.
Pamela Morrison IBCLC
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I'm wondering if some Lactnetters might be able
to assist me in tracking down some stats. I want
to know what the number of births per woman per
year is in each of these countries....it is
breastfeeding related, I want to calculate the
number of HIV positive women there might be in
any given year who could potentially give birth,
be milk donors and transmit HIV.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
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