More HIV cases in elders
老年人艾滋感染者增加
Elderly people have become the group that saw the fastest growth in reported HIV infections in China, with a 500% increase in the number of newly reported HIV/AIDS cases among men aged 60 or above between 2010 and last year, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, World AIDS Day.
世界卫生组织在12月1日世界艾滋病日当天表示,老年群体成中国艾滋病感染者报告数年增长率最高群体,2019年当年新诊断报告的60岁及以上男性艾滋病感染者人数较2010年增加了500%。
Around 37,000 people aged 60 or older in China were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS last year-77% of them being men-accounting for 25% of the total number of reported new HIV cases, WHO said.
中国2019年新诊断报告的60岁及以上艾滋病感染者人数为3.7万例,占当年新报告所有感染者的25%,其中77%为男性。
Unprotected sex was the major cause of HIV infections among elderly men.
不安全性行为是老年男性感染的主因。
In all, 150,000 people in China were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS last year, and the total reported number of people living with HIV/AIDS reached 960,000 by the end of last year, WHO said.
2019年我国新诊断报告的艾滋病感染者人数共15万例,截至2019年底报告的存活艾滋病感染者人数共96万例。
Globally, 1.7 million people were diagnosed last year, and 690,000 died from AIDS-related diseases, according to WHO.
全球2019年新诊断报告的艾滋病感染者人数共170万例,共有69万人死于艾滋病相关疾病。