SEX-RELATED DISEASES: THE AIDS VIRUS (HIV)-HOW COMMON IS AIDS?
The total number of cases of AIDS in the UK; how the infection was originally caught; and the number of deaths so far (end of May 1988)
These numbers are not very horrific compared with say, injuries and deaths from road accidents but it must be remembered that the people these figures represent were originally infected with HIV some years ago. The statistics are history. People infected now will not appear in these statistics until well into the next decade. There is also evidence that the figures may well underestimate the number of AIDS deaths not all of which are identified as due to AIDS or notified even if so identified. Even if the HIV mutated itself out of existence now the number of AIDS cases will rise for some years to come.
The World Health Organisation estimates that there are now 150,000 cases of AIDS in the world although only 94,000 have been notified to it. Of these 69,000 are in North and South America; 12,000 in Europe; and 11,000 in Africa. It expects 15 0,000 new cases in 1988.
*185\164\2*
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