Table 2

Diagnosed HIV infected adults seen for care in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and reported to SOPHID (1997–2003), by Strategic Health Authority (SHA) of care or treatment

SHA where seen for care or treatment (ranked by number of individuals seen for care in 2003)	SOPHID survey							Increase 1997 to 2003
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Increase 1997 to 2003
	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	%
Q04 North West London	4010	4570	4787	5220	5770	6554	7037	3027	75
Q05 North Central London	2500	2711	3153	3492	3926	4460	4914	2414	97
Q07 South East London	1380	1653	1911	2191	2514	3065	3510	2130	154
Q06 North East London	1268	1411	1641	1887	2254	2606	3134	1866	147
Q14 Greater Manchester	705	754	917	1045	1226	1512	1863	1158	164
Q19 Surrey and Sussex	644	683	792	974	1082	1394	1608	964	150
Q08 South West London	660	675	856	979	1251	1456	1532	872	132
Q27 Birmingham and the Black Country	319	397	429	517	582	719	1012	693	217
Q16 Thames Valley	272	287	334	391	533	745	970	698	257
Q12 West Yorkshire	238	263	307	313	378	510	703	465	195
Q02 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	74	122	135	185	326	505	654	580	784
Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and Rutland	134	139	186	203	330	488	622	488	364
Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside	203	230	261	307	350	445	564	361	178
Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire	208	254	240	291	349	409	555	347	167
Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire	246	239	288	321	372	434	553	307	125
Q24 Trent	185	213	235	285	346	441	497	312	169
Q23 South Yorkshire	141	145	153	164	220	307	442	301	213
Q17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight	186	176	193	228	249	335	436	250	134
Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire	145	173	206	241	301	374	435	290	200
Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	199	196	207	236	251	340	408	209	105
Q28 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire	109	118	141	160	189	266	384	275	252
Q03 Essex	63	75	89	115	175	282	364	301	478
Q18 Kent and Medway	130	144	156	140	200	257	312	182	140
Q22 Dorset and Somerset	101	123	142	149	177	235	302	201	199
Q21 South West Peninsula	133	139	151	184	211	231	270	137	103
Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire	70	53	108	94	96	128	178	108	154
Q11 North and East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire	96	96	98	100	130	147	151	55	57
Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley	32	28	40	44	61	92	130	98	306
QSE Wales: South East	138	159	172	188	220	268	327	189	137
QMW Wales: Mid and West	53	59	66	66	82	99	112	59	111
QNW Wales: North	30	35	46	48	60	62	85	55	183
Northern Ireland	83	85	96	102	129	146	187	104	125
Total	14 755	16 405	18 536	20 860	24 340	29 312	34 251	19 496	132