HIV/AIDS Statistic in Malaysia

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NO. OF NEW HIV INFECTIONS, AIDS CASES AND AIDS DEATHS BY GENDER PER YEAR REPORTED IN MALAYSIA

(From 1986 until December 2008)

YEAR	HIV INFECTION			AIDS CASES			AIDS DEATH
YEAR	Male	Female	TOTAL	Male	Female	TOTAL	Male	Female	TOTAL
1986	3	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	1
1987	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	7	2	9	2	0	2	2	0	2
1989	197	3	200	2	0	2	1	0	1
1990	769	9	778	18	0	18	10	0	10
1991	1741	53	1794	58	2	60	10	9	19
1992	2443	69	2512	70	3	73	44	2	46
1993	2441	66	2507	64	7	71	50	5	55
1994	3289	104	3393	98	7	105	74	6	80
1995	4037	161	4198	218	15	233	150	15	165
1996	4406	191	4597	327	20	347	259	12	271
1997	3727	197	3924	538	30	568	449	24	473
1998	4327	297	4624	818	57	875	655	34	689
1999	4312	380	4692	1114	86	1200	824	50	874
2000	4626	481	5107	1071	97	1168	825	57	882
2001	5472	466	5938	1188	114	1302	900	75	975
2002	6349	629	6978	1068	125	1193	823	64	887
2003	6083	673	6754	939	137	1076	633	67	700
2004	5731	696	6427	1002	146	1148	951	114	1065
2005	5383	737	6120	1044	177	1221	882	102	984
2006	4955	875	5830	1620	222	1842	896	80	976
2007	3804	745	4549	937	193	1130	1048	131	1179
2008	2988	704	3692	795	146	941	786	114	900
TOTAL	77,092	7,538	84,630	12,992	1,548	14,576	10,273	961	11,234

TOTAL NUMBER OF HIV/AIDS CASES AND RELATED DEATHS REPORTED IN MALAYSIA

(From 1986 Until DECEMBER 2007)

Factor	Classification	HIV Infection	AIDS Cases
Sex / Gender	Male	74,104	12,197
	Female	6,834	1,438
	TOTAL	80,938	13,635
Age Groups	< 2 years	232	66
	2 - 12 years	532	132
	13 - 19 years	1,140	232
	20 - 29 years	27,955	2,649
	30 - 39 years	34,770	5,945
	40 - 49 years	12,580	3,279
	> 50 years	2,895	1,177
	No Data	834	155
	TOTAL	80,938	13,635
Ethnic Groups	Malay	58,267	7,986
	Chinese	11,886	3,656
	Indian	6,532	1,068
	Bumiputra Sarawak	338	166
	Bumiputra Sabah	432	159
	Original	39	0
	Others in Peninsular	528	131
	Foreigner	2,722	456
	No Information	194	13
	TOTAL	80,938	13,635
Transmission Based On Risk Factor	IDU	58,135	7,582
	Needle prick	0	0
	Blood receiver	29	19
	Organ receiver	3	3
	Homo/Bisexual	1,472	421
	Heterosexual	13,038	4,030
	Mother to child (vertical)	692	175
	No Information	7,569	1,405
	TOTAL	80,938	13,635
Sector / Occupation	Unemployed	14,403	3,775
	Government staff	548	158
	Student	205	48
	Uniformed bodies	647	138
	Fisherman	3,098	389
	Factory worker / Industry	3,830	606
	Private sector staff	2,796	831
	Sex worker	482	58
	Housewives	2,438	497
	Long distance driver	1,955	343
	Others	25,866	3,674
	Odd Jobs	24,670	3,118
	TOTAL	80,938	13,635

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Source: AIDS/STI Unit, Ministry of Health Malaysia

Prepare by: Resource Center. Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC)

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