HIV and AIDS surveillance, 1 October to 31 December 2012

This page contains data on HIV and AIDS diagnoses and deaths following AIDS reported for the fourth quarter of 2012.

Page last updated: 26 May 2014

The Kirby Institute

Introduction

National surveillance for HIV infection is coordinated by the Kirby Institute, in collaboration with state and territory health authorities and the Australian Government Department of Health. Cases of HIV infection are notified to the National HIV Registry on the first occasion of diagnosis in Australia, by either the diagnosing laboratory (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria) or by a combination of laboratory and doctor sources (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia). Cases of AIDS are notified through the state and territory health authorities to the National AIDS Registry. Diagnoses of both HIV infection and AIDS are notified with the person’s date of birth and name code, to minimise duplicate notifications while maintaining confidentiality.

Tabulations of diagnoses of HIV infection and AIDS are based on data available 3 months after the end of the reporting interval indicated, to allow for reporting delay and to incorporate newly available information. More detailed information on diagnoses of HIV infection and AIDS is published in the quarterly Australian HIV Surveillance Report, and annually in ‘HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia, annual surveillance report’. The reports are available from the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, SYDNEY NSW 2052. Internet: http://hiv.cms.med.unsw.edu.au/ Telephone: +61 2 9385 0900. Facsimile: +61 2 9385 0920. For more information see Commun Dis Intell 2013;37(1):E63.

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Results

HIV and AIDS diagnoses and deaths following AIDS reported for 1 October to 31 December 2012, are shown in Tables 1 and 2).

Table 1: Number of new diagnoses of HIV infection, new diagnoses of AIDS and deaths following AIDS occurring in the period 1 October to 31 December 2012, by sex and state or territory of diagnosis
    State or territory Totals for Australia
  Sex ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA This period 2012 This period 2011 YTD 2012 YTD 2011
* Totals include people whose sex was reported as transgender.
HIV diagnoses
Female
0
13
3
5
3
0
5
3
32
37
159
143
Male
3
102
5
66
9
2
76
18
281
232
1,092
996
Not reported
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total*
3
116
8
71
12
2
81
21
314
270
1,253
1,140
AIDS diagnoses
Female
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
8
16
Male
0
4
1
10
0
0
0
0
15
20
67
99
Total*
0
4
1
10
0
0
0
0
15
25
75
115
AIDS deaths
Female
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Male
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
21
Total*
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
24

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Table 2: Number of new diagnoses of HIV infection since the introduction of HIV antibody testing 1985, and number of new diagnoses of AIDS and deaths following AIDS since 1981, cumulative to 31 December 2012, by sex and state or territory
    State or territory  
  Sex ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Aust
* Totals include people whose sex was reported as transgender.
HIV diagnoses
Female
42
1,130
41
456
159
26
566
361
2,781
Male
332
16,424
193
3,907
1,212
171
7,011
1,662
30,912
Not reported
0
227
0
0
0
0
22
0
249
Total*
374
17,822
234
4,372
1,372
197
7,627
2,030
34,028
AIDS diagnoses
Female
10
293
7
81
32
4
139
51
617
Male
95
5,694
60
1,133
427
60
2,267
482
10,218
Total*
105
6,006
67
1,216
460
64
2,419
535
10,872
AIDS deaths
Female
7
144
1
44
20
2
67
30
315
Male
73
3,629
34
687
281
34
1,475
301
6,514
Total*
80
3,784
35
733
301
36
1,551
332
6,852
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