04-06-2006, 04:11 PM
<b>72,000 new HIV cases, high-risk group is problem</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->NEW DELHI, APRIL 5: According to the latest National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) figures, the country has reported 72,000 new infections last year compared to 28,000 in 2004.
The new figures (that will be released in a week) take the total HIV estimate in the country to over 5.2 million.
Out of the infected 60.3 per cent are male, 38.4 per cent female and 0.96 per cent children. According to NACO, a majority of the infections are in the 22-45 age group.
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While Andhra Pradesh still leads the table with 2 per cent prevalence in general population, the figure has dipped from 2.25 in 2004.
<b>Nagaland is second with 1.63 per cent prevalence, an increase from 1.43 in 2004. Karnataka (1.25), Maharashtra (1.25), Manipur (1.25) and Goa (1.13) have crossed the one-per cent epidemic mark. Manipur, however, has shown a decreaseâfrom 1.50 per cent in 2004 to 1.25.</b>
The problem, however, seems to be the high-risk groups attending the STD clinics. In Andhra, the figure is up from 16.40 per cent in 2004 to 22.80 per cent in 2005 (see box).
Other highlights of the report.
<b>⢠NACO has marked Mizoram (0.88 per cent), Delhi (0.25), Rajasthan (0.13), Orissa (0.25) and West Bengal (0.66), as the slow and silent pockets of the epidemic and the states to watch out for.</b>
<b>⢠The other areas of concern are states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar where lack of data poses a problem</b>âboth states have shown zero per cent prevalence this year. Zero prevalence has been reported from 11 states this year. NACO, however, has decided to replace zero prevalence with 0.17 in these states<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Why AP number is so high?
The new figures (that will be released in a week) take the total HIV estimate in the country to over 5.2 million.
Out of the infected 60.3 per cent are male, 38.4 per cent female and 0.96 per cent children. According to NACO, a majority of the infections are in the 22-45 age group.
...........
While Andhra Pradesh still leads the table with 2 per cent prevalence in general population, the figure has dipped from 2.25 in 2004.
<b>Nagaland is second with 1.63 per cent prevalence, an increase from 1.43 in 2004. Karnataka (1.25), Maharashtra (1.25), Manipur (1.25) and Goa (1.13) have crossed the one-per cent epidemic mark. Manipur, however, has shown a decreaseâfrom 1.50 per cent in 2004 to 1.25.</b>
The problem, however, seems to be the high-risk groups attending the STD clinics. In Andhra, the figure is up from 16.40 per cent in 2004 to 22.80 per cent in 2005 (see box).
Other highlights of the report.
<b>⢠NACO has marked Mizoram (0.88 per cent), Delhi (0.25), Rajasthan (0.13), Orissa (0.25) and West Bengal (0.66), as the slow and silent pockets of the epidemic and the states to watch out for.</b>
<b>⢠The other areas of concern are states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar where lack of data poses a problem</b>âboth states have shown zero per cent prevalence this year. Zero prevalence has been reported from 11 states this year. NACO, however, has decided to replace zero prevalence with 0.17 in these states<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Why AP number is so high?