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Q. How many people living with HIV/AIDS are in Korea?

A. The first case of a person with HIV was identified in December 1985 and the first case of AIDS was reported in February 1987. Although the increase rate appears to be moderate, the cumulative number of people with HIV/AIDS is continuously increasing. Up to June 2005, the total number of the people with HIV/AIDS was 3,468 with 680 cases of these are died because of both AIDS and incidence. Sexual contact is the leading route of infection comprising about 98.3% of the known cases of HIV infection.

1) Number of newly infected Koreans by Age and Sex (Jan~Jun. 2005)

Age

Total

Male

Female

PLWH (person)

Percentage (%)

PLWH (person)

Percentage (%)

PLWH (person)

Percentage (%)

Total

317

100.0

300

100.0

17

100.0

under 14

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

15-19

4

1.3

4

1.3

0

0.0

20-29

55

17.3

53

17.7

2

11.8

30-39

102

32.2

100

33.3

2

11.8

40-49

85

26.8

78

26.0

7

41.2

50-59

54

17.0

51

17.0

3

17.6

over 60

17

5.4

14

4.7

3

17.6

2) Number of Foreigners with HIV/AIDS by Year

'01

'02

'03

'04

57

59

59

154

3) Number of Persons with HIV/AIDS by Year and Sex (March. 2005)