Subgroup populations at higher risk of HIV/AIDS in China
| Population | Registered/estimated number (million) | Reported percentage of HIV/AIDS cases, 1985–2003† (n = 62 159) | Estimated percentage of people living with HIV/AIDS, 2003‡ (n = 840 000) | Average HIV prevalence (range) (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA, data not available. | |||||
| *Including their clients and other people infected via heterosexual transmission. | |||||
| †Ministry of Health of China. ‡Joint assessment by State Council AIDS Working Committee Office and UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS in China, 2004. §National Drug Abuse Surveillance Center, 2002. §Ministry of Health of China. ¶Public security report in 1996. **UNAIDS China (1997): China responds to AIDS: HIV/AIDS situation and needs assessment report. ††Zhang and Ma. ‡‡Among general population age 15–49 years (end 2003), estimate from UNAIDS: 2004 Report on the global AIDS epidemic. | |||||
| Injection drug users | 1.0/3.5§ | 51.2 | 43.9 | 7.0 (0–94.0)§ | |
| Former plasma donors | NA | 21.0 | 24.1 | NA (0.2–56.1) | |
| Commercial sex workers | 0.4¶/3.5** | 7.3* | 19.8* | 1.0 (0–11.3)§ | |
| Men who have sex with men | NA/8.0†† | 0.2 | 11.1 | NA (0–3.1) | |
| Others | NA | 20.3 | 1.1 | NA | |
| Total | NA | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.1 (0.1–0.2)‡‡ | |