Table 2

Numbers and proportions of black Caribbean adults newly diagnosed, and HIV infected and accessing treatment and care services, by year and probable route of infection, in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: 1997–2001

Probable route of infection	Year of diagnosis/seen for treatment or care										Total	%
Probable route of infection	1997	%	1998	%	1999	%	2000	%	2001	%	Total	%
(New diagnoses reported by end of June 2003, HIV infected individuals accessing treatment and care services from annual SOPHID surveys).
New diagnoses
Sex between men	27	43.5	27	38.0	30	30.6	36	29.8	51	29.0	171	32.4
Heterosexual, male	17	27.4	26	36.6	31	31.6	37	30.6	50	28.4	161	30.5
Heterosexual, female	13	21.0	16	22.5	34	34.7	44	36.4	67	38.1	174	33.0
Other/undetermined	5	8.1	2	2.8	3	3.1	4	3.3	8	4.5	22	4.2
Total	62	100.0	71	100.0	98	100.0	121	100.0	176	100.0	528	100.0
Accessing treatment and care services
Sex between men	140	47.0	170	46.4	168	37.3	202	38.0	256	36.3
Heterosexual, male	63	21.1	69	18.9	88	19.6	105	19.7	165	23.4
Heterosexual, female	54	18.1	71	19.4	114	25.3	136	25.6	207	29.4
Other/undetermined	41	13.8	56	15.3	80	17.8	89	16.7	77	10.9
Total	298	100.0	366	100.0	450	100.0	532	100.0	705	100.0