HIV and AIDS surveillance, 1 April to 30 June 2012

This page contains data on HIV and AIDS diagnoses and deaths following AIDS reported for the second 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 April to 30 June 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 April to 30 June 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
2
13
1
9
2
0
10
4
41
44
85
69
Male
4
80
5
55
2
2
60
21
229
262
526
524
Not reported
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total*
6
93
6
64
4
2
71
25
271
306
612
593
AIDS diagnoses
Female
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
4
5
9
Male
0
4
4
0
0
0
4
1
13
23
36
49
Total*
0
4
4
0
0
0
6
1
15
27
41
58
AIDS deaths
Female
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Male
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
3
11
Total*
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
3
12

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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 30 June 2012, by sex and state or territory of diagnoses
    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
1,102
37
444
153
26
555
348
2,707
Male
325
16,211
183
3,793
1,189
163
6,865
1,617
30,346
Not reported
0
227
0
0
0
0
22
0
249
Total*
367
17,580
220
4,246
1,343
189
7,470
1,972
33,387
AIDS diagnoses
Female
10
291
7
81
32
4
138
51
614
Male
95
5,683
58
1,120
427
60
2,262
482
10,187
Total*
105
5,993
65
1,203
460
64
2,413
535
10,838
AIDS deaths
Female
7
144
1
44
20
2
67
30
315
Male
73
3,627
33
687
281
34
1,472
301
6,508
Total*
80
3,782
34
733
301
36
1,548
332
6,823

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