JANUARY 2012
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTER
Newly Diagnosed HIV Cases in the Philippines Table 1. Quick Facts January 2012
Cumulative Data: 1984—2012
Total Reported Cases Asymptomatic Cases
212 208
8,576 7, 601
AIDS Cases Males Females
4 203 9 57
975 7,093* 1,472*
Demographic Data
Most of the cases (96%) were males. The median age was 27 years (age range:7-56 years). The 20-29 year (61%) age-group had the most number of cases. Fifty-eight percent (123) of the reported cases were from the National Capital Region (NCR).
Youth 15-24yo Children <15yo Reported Deaths due to AIDS
1,974 59 342
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*Note: No data available on sex for eleven (11) cases.
Reported mode of transmission were sexual contact (208), needle sharing among injecting drug users (3), and mother-to-child transmission (1) [Table 2, page 3]. Males having sex with other Males (90%) were the predominant type of sexual transmission [Figure 2]. Most (98%) of the cases were still asymptomatic at the time of reporting [Figure 3].
Figure 1. Number of New HIV Cases per Month (2010-2012) Number of New Cases
275
AIDS Cases Of the 212 HIV positive cases, four were reported as AIDS cases, all were males. The median age is 34 years (age range: 7-47 years). Three acquired the infection through homosexual contact, and one through motherto-child transmission. Of the AIDS cases, there was one reported death for this month; a seven-year old male.
250 225 200 175 150 125 100 75 50 25 0 Jan
Feb
M ar
A pr
M ay
Jun
Jul
A ug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
2010
143
130
120
154
153
109
131
108
153
104
112
174
2011
152
159
172
171
184
178
204
196
253
200
212
268
2012
212
Figure 2. Comparison of the Proportion of Types of Sexual Transmission in 2012, 2011 & Cumulative Data (1984-2012) 100%
Proportion of Cases
Philippine HIV and AIDS Registry
In January 2012, there were 212 new HIV Ab sero-positive individuals confirmed by the STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory (SACCL) and reported to the HIV and AIDS Registry (Table 1). This was 39% higher compared to the same period last year (n=152 in 2011) [Figure 1].
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Thirty-two of the 212 (15%) reported cases were OFWs [Figure 9, page 3]. There were 30 males and 2 females. The median age was 31 years (age range: 19-54 years). All cases acquired the infection through sexual contact (4 heterosexual, 12 homosexual, and 16 bisexual).
Heterosexual
21
28
Bisexual
2,897
80%
82
Homosexual
49
60%
1,964 40%
105
74
Januar y 2 0 12
Januar y 2 0 11
20%
2,993
0%
C umulat ive
Figure 3. Number of HIV/AIDS Cases Reported in the Philippines by Year, Jan 1984 to January 2012 (N=8,576) 2500 2250 2000 1750 1500 1250 1000 750 500 250 0
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T OT A L
2
10
29
38
32
39
66
85
72
102
118
116
154
117
189
158
123
174
184
193
199
210
309
342
528
835
1591
2, 349
212
A sympt omat i c
0
6
18
25
21
29
48
68
51
64
61
65
104
94
144
80
83
117
140
139
160
171
273
311
506
804
1564
2, 247
208
A I DS
2
4
11
13
11
10
18
17
21
38
57
51
50
23
45
78
40
57
44
54
39
39
36
31
22
31
27
102
4
Deat h
2
4
10
12
9
8
15
13
13
11
19
24
27
10
16
17
9
20
11
11
8
16
18
10
7
1
2
*17
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*Nine initially asymptomatic cases reported in 2011, died due to AIDS that same year.
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