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HIV in Canada: Positive HIV test reports to June 30, 2009 and Reported to PHAC up to August 14, 2009

Table 5A. Number and percentage distribution of positive HIV test reports among adults (≥ 15 years) by exposure category and year of test

1 Percentages based on total number minus reports for which exposure category was not reported and for which there was no identified risk (NIR).
2 It was not always possible to separate "recipient of blood/clotting factor" or "origin from an HIV-endemic country/sexual contact with a person at risk". However, they have been separated where possible for reporting purposes.
3 Information on exposure categories of individuals who have tested positive for HIV is not available for Quebec and a portion of the data from Ontario. These data are presented as "Not reported".
4 Between 1985 and 1996, 47 positive HIV test reports for children were reported for Alberta. Due to limitations with the data, these records are reported as adults, yet as gender is not available it cannot be determined how they are divided between Tables 5B and 5C, or how many are gender unknown. All are a result of perinatal transmission, which is included in "Other" for this table.
5 Numbers include 1,329 positive HIV test reports for which gender was not reported or was reported as transgender.
  Year of test Total
1985-2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 June 2009    
Exposure category n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % 1
MSM 15,961 59.6 582 42.6 541 40.9 519 38.7 532 40.1 576 44.0 284 44.9 18,995 55.7
MSM/IDU 666 2.5 31 2.3 21 1.6 27 2.0 25 1.9 21 1.6 14 2.2 805 2.4
IDU 4,564 17.0 272 19.9 298 22.5 258 19.2 295 22.2 258 19.7 120 19.0 6,065 17.8
Blood/blood products.2  
a) recipient of blood/clotting factor 135 0.5 1 0.1 2 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.2 140 0.4
b) recipient of blood 309 1.2 10 0.7 10 0.8 10 0.7 9 0.7 9 0.7 4 0.6 361 1.1
c) recipient of clotting factor 347 1.3 2 0.1 2 0.2 3 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 354 1.0
Heterosexual contact2  
a) origin from an HIV-endemic country/ sexual contact with a person at risk 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 64 4.9 27 4.3 91 0.3
b) origin from an HIV-endemic country 619 2.3 109 8.0 100 7.6 124 9.2 82 6.2 37 2.8 20 3.2 1,091 3.2
c) sexual contact with a person at risk 2,041 7.6 174 12.7 163 12.3 157 11.7 157 11.8 143 10.9 55 8.7 2,890 8.5
d) NIR - Het 1,425 5.3 138 10.1 128 9.7 163 12.1 152 11.4 163 12.5 96 15.2 2,265 6.6
Other 722 2.7 46 3.4 57 4.3 81 6.0 76 5.7 36 2.8 12 1.9 1,030 3.0
NIR 2,843   65   67   82   93   109   91   3,350  
Not reported3 21,204   1,054   1,062   1,090   989   1153   540   27,092  
Total 4,5 - adults 50,836 100.0 2,484 100.0 2,451 100.0 2,514 100.0 2,410 100.0 2,570 100.0 1,264 100.0 64,529 100.0

 

Table 5B. Number and percentage distribution of positive HIV test reports among adult males (≥ 15 years) by exposure category and year of test

1 Percentages based on total number minus reports for which exposure category was not reported and for which there was no identified risk (NIR).
2 It was not always possible to separate "recipient of blood/clotting factor" or "origin from an HIV-endemic country/sexual contact with a person at risk". However, they have been separated where possible for reporting purposes.
  Year of test Total
1985-2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 June 2009    
Exposure category n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n % 1
MSM 15,863 69.1 582 56.5 541 54.6 518 52.4 532 53.3 576 58.4 284 59.8 18,896 66.5
MSM/IDU 664 2.9 31 3.0 21 2.1 27 2.7 25 2.5 21 2.1 14 2.9 803 2.8
IDU 3,102 13.5 163 15.8 170 17.2 150 15.2 168 16.8 152 15.4 65 13.7 3,970 14.0
Blood/blood products.2  
a) recipient of blood/clotting factor 105 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 105 0.4
b) recipient of blood 173 0.8 5 0.5 5 0.5 7 0.7 5 0.5 6 0.6 3 0.6 204 0.7
c) recipient of clotting factor 303 1.3 2 0.2 1 0.1 2 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 308 1.1
Heterosexual contact2  
a) origin from an HIV-endemic country/ sexual contact with a person at risk 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 2.5 12 2.5 37 0.1
b) origin from an HIV-endemic country 337 1.5 47 4.6 45 4.5 44 4.5 35 3.5 21 2.1 4 0.8 533 1.9
c) sexual contact with a person at risk 1,052 4.6 84 8.1 92 9.3 85 8.6 89 8.9 65 6.6 28 5.9 1,495 5.3
d) NIR - Het 817 3.6 83 8.1 77 7.8 100 10.1 88 8.8 98 9.9 57 12.0 1,320 4.6
Other 537 2.3 34 3.3 39 3.9 55 5.6 57 5.7 22 2.2 8 1.7 752 2.6
NIR 2,251   43   39   46   61   68   55   2,563  
Not reported 16,808   752   789   770   732   839   401   21,091  
Total - adult males 42,012 100.0 1,826 100.0 1,819 100.0 1,804 100.0 1,792 100.0 1,893 100.0 931 100.0 52,077 100.0

 


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Table 5C. Number and percentage distribution of positive HIV test reports among adult females (≥ 15 years) by exposure category and year of test

1 Percentages based on total number minus reports for which exposure category was not reported and for which there was no identified risk (NIR).
2 It was not always possible to separate "recipient of blood/clotting factor" or "origin from an HIV-endemic country/sexual contact with a person at risk". However, they have been separated where possible for reporting purposes.
  Year of test Total
1985-2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 June 2009    
Exposure category n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %1
IDU 1,406 38.7 109 32.8 127 38.5 108 30.6 125 38.3 106 33.0 54 34.4 2,035 37.3
Blood/blood products2  
a) recipient of blood/clotting factor 30 0.8 1 0.3 2 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.3 1 0.6 35 0.6
b) recipient of blood 129 3.6 5 1.5 5 1.5 3 0.8 4 1.2 3 0.9 1 0.6 150 2.8
c) recipient of clotting factor 30 0.8 0 0.0 1 0.3 1 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 0.6
Heterosexual contact2  
a) origin from an HIV-endemic country/sexual contact with a person at risk 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 39 12.1 15 9.6 54 1.0
b) origin from an HIV-endemic country 276 7.6 61 18.4 55 16.7 80 22.7 47 14.4 16 5.0 16 10.2 551 10.1
c) sexual contact with a person at risk 973 26.8 90 27.1 71 21.5 72 20.4 67 20.6 78 24.3 27 17.2 1,378 25.3
d) NIR-Het 608 16.7 55 16.6 51 15.5 63 17.8 64 19.6 65 20.2 39 24.8 945 17.3
Other 178 4.9 11 3.3 18 5.5 26 7.4 19 5.8 13 4.0 4 2.5 269 4.9
NIR 381   22   28   36   30   39   36   572  
Not reported 3,556   294   264   305   244   307   132   5,102  
Total - adult females 7,567 100.0 648 100.0 622 100.0 694 100.0 600 100.0 667 100.0 325 100.0 11,123 100.0

 

Table 6B. Number of positive HIV test reports by province/territory and year of test (all ages)1

1 Positive HIV test reports from each province/territory vary for cases under 2 years of age (see Appendix 2).
2 Data prior to 2000 are not available for Nunavut as it became a Canadian territory in April 1999 and began reporting in 2000.
3 For Quebec, the number of positive HIV test reports is based on the minimum number of HIV positive individuals. (See Data Limitations for Quebec, Appendix 2).
4 Numbers include 2,753 positive HIV test reports for which gender was not reported or was reported as transgender.
5 Table totals include positive HIV test reports for which age group was not reported.

  Year of test Total
Province/territory 1985- 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 June 2009 n %
British Columbia 11,412 441 400 361 391 348 187 13,540 19.7
Yukon 40 4 1 2 0 2 3 52 0.1
Alberta 3,992 172 175 222 218 210 108 5,097 7.4
Northwest Territories 36 1 3 2 4 0 2 48 0.1
Nunavut2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.0
Saskatchewan 465 55 78 102 125 176 108 1,109 1.6
Manitoba 1,089 100 114 79 76 89 54 1,601 2.3
Ontario 24,154 1,176 1,121 1,147 1,068 1,120 530 30,316 44.1
Quebec3 12,395 528 567 584 536 639 282 15,531 22.6
New Brunswick 332 6 7 16 13 9 0 383 0.6
Nova Scotia/Prince Edward Island 637 36 22 28 18 15 4 760 1.1
Newfoundland and Labrador 223 9 8 7 0 3 2 252 0.4
Total 4,5 54,777 2,528 2,496 2,551 2,449 2,611 1,280 68,692 100.0


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