One in eight gay men in London has HIV, official figures show

Dailymail, UK ^ | 19 November 2014 | By ANNA HODGEKISS FOR MAILONLINE

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The number of people in the UK infected with HIV has reached an all-time high, new figures show.

Nearly 110,000 are living with the condition, but around a quarter are unaware they have it.

They are therefore at risk of passing on the virus to others through unprotected sex, experts warn. 

The figures, from Public Health England (PHE), have been released ahead of National HIV Testing Week.

They show that overall, more people are being diagnosed earlier. The proportion of people diagnosed with a late stage of HIV infection fell from 57 per cent in 2004 to 42 per cent in 2013.

Meanwhile, around six per cent of gay and bisexual men are now living with HIV.

This rises to 13 per cent in London - meaning that one in eight sexually active gay men now has the condition.

In 2013, 3,250 men were newly diagnosed - an all-time annual high. 

It is estimated that over 7,000 gay men have an HIV infection that remains undiagnosed and that an estimated 2,800 men acquired HIV in 2013.

[driftless2]

Thanks for mentioning Reagan. At the time I was a Democrat, but I thought how the heck is that Reagan's fault? By about the mid-eighties everybody knew that is was mostly male homos who contracted the disease, and it could be prevented by the simple use of condoms.

Oh no, said the homo lobby, we don't want to use condoms. We want to go unprotected, and somebody should find a cure for AIDS. And they actually had the gall to blame Reagan for something they could have easily prevented themselves. That's why I say G..d the whole friggin' homo lobby.

[Morpheus2009]

It’s called playing butt roulette.