Table 1

Diagnosed HIV infected adults seen for care in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland and reported to SOPHID (1997–2003); by sex, ethnicity, and probable route of infection

	SOPHID survey							Increase 1997–2003
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Increase 1997–2003
	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	%
Sex
Male	12 126	13 257	14 676	16 054	18 032	20 825	23 377	11 251	93
Female	2615	3147	3860	4806	6308	8483	10 871	8256	316
Not reported	14	1	0	0	0	4	3	−11	–
Probable route of infection
Sex between men	9238	9993	10 960	11 785	12 924	14 328	15 652	6414	69
Sex between men and women	3754	4630	5799	7226	9523	12 787	16 169	12 415	331
Injecting drug use	873	899	914	903	896	923	956	83	10
Blood/blood products recipient	513	510	483	468	456	467	452	−61	−12
Mother to child transmission	1	3	10	23	41	67	78	77	–
Other/not reported	376	370	370	455	500	740	944	568	–
Ethnicity
Black African	2129	2720	3544	4591	6419	9047	11 832	9703	456
Black Caribbean	312	345	450	522	689	864	1095	783	251
Black other/black unspecified	215	224	260	310	371	438	501	286	133
White	10 573	11 619	12 687	13 606	14 845	16 525	18 103	7530	71
Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi	176	207	238	285	297	342	388	212	120
Other/mixed/Oriental	785	921	1006	1100	1238	1454	1594	809	103
Not reported	565	369	351	446	481	642	738	173	–
Survey total	14 755	16 405	18 536	20 860	24 340	29 312	34 251	19 496	132