MARCH 2012
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTER
In March 2012, there were 313 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 82% higher compared to the same period last year (n=172 in 2011), and the highest number of cases ever reported in the registry [Figure 1].
Table 1. Quick Facts
Most of the cases (93%) were males. The median age was 29 years (age range: 2-81 years). The 20-29 year (52%) age-group had the most number of cases. Forty-seven percent (146) of the reported cases were from the National Capital Region (NCR).
Demographic Data
March 2012
Jan-March 2012
Cumulative 1984—2012
313 296
799 769
9,163 8,158
Total Reported Cases Asymptomatic Cases AIDS Cases
17
30
1,005
Males
290
757
7,647*
Females
23
42
1,505*
Youth 15-24yo
82
215
2,132
Children <15yo
2
3
61
Reported Deaths due to AIDS
3
5
348
*Note: No data available on sex for (11) cases.
Figure 1. Number of New HIV Cases per Month (2010-2012)
Reported mode of transmission were sexual contact (280), needle sharing among injecting drug users (31) and mother to child transmission (2). [Table 2, page 3]. Males having sex with other males (83%) were the predominant type of sexual transmission [Figure 2]. Most (95%) of the cases were still asymptomatic at the time of reporting [Figure 3].
Number of New Cases
350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0
AIDS Cases Of the 313 HIV positive cases, seventeen were reported as AIDS cases, 16 males and 1 female. The median age is 31 years (age range: 24-42 years). All cases acquired the infection through sexual contact (7 homosexual, 7 bisexual and 3 heterosexual). Of the AIDS cases, there were three reported death for this month; two were males and one was female, median age was 33 years (age range: 25-42 years).
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
274
313
Figure 2. Comparison of the Proportion of Types of Sexual Transmission in 2012, 2011 & Cumulative Data (1984-2012) Heterosexual
100%
Proportion of Cases
Philippine HIV and AIDS Registry
Newly Diagnosed HIV Cases in the Philippines
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Thirty-seven of the 313 (12%) reported cases were OFWs [Figure 11, page 4]. There were 31 males and 6 females. The median age was 35 years (age range: 20-56 years). All acquired the infection through sexual contact (17 heterosexual, 13 homosexual, and 7 bisexual).
48
35
Bisexual
2,974
Homosexual
75%
89
60 2,140
50%
143
25%
71
3,255
M ar ch 2 0 11
C umulat ive
0%
M ar ch 2 0 12
Figure 3. Number of HIV/AIDS Cases Reported in the Philippines by Year, Jan 1984 to March 2012 (N=9,163) 2500 2250 2000 1750 1500 1250 1000 750 500 250 0 '84
'85
'86
'87
'88
'89
'90
'91
'92
'93
'94
'95
'96
'97
'98
'99
'00
'01
'02
'03
'04
'05
'06
'07
'08
'09
'10
'11
'12
TOTAL
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
799
Asymptomatic
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
2,243
769
AIDS
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
106
30
Death
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
3
*19
5
*Nine initially asymptomatic cases reported in 2011, died due to AIDS that same year.
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