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TABLE A12

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Morbidity: HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases
England	Percentages and numbers

	1987	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
HIV cases diagnosed (number)	1,917	2,143	2,138	2,232	2,238	2,215	2,275
Exposure category (percentage)
homosexual intercourse	73	59	58	57	59	53	48
heterosexual intercourse	9	30	31	32	29	35	39
injecting drug use	12	6	6	6	6	5	4
blood products	2	1	1	1	1	1	0.3
AIDS cases diagnosed (number)	640	1,623	1,686	1,577	1,287	937	581
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), new cases (thousands)
all STDs except HIV/AIDS	..	354.0	381.2	398.0	424.3	455.5	..
syphilis	2.4	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.3	..
gonorrhoea	46.3	12.0	11.8	12.1	14.4	15.4	..
chlamydia	..	34.0	36.8	38.8	44.7	54.4	..
herpes	18.9	25.5	26.8	26.7	27.6	27.4	..
wart virus	52.2	84.7	86.7	92.0	97.8	106.0	..

Source: CDSC (HIV/AIDS) KC60 (STDs)	Contact:Lesz Lancucki 020 7972 5533 (email: lesz.lancucki@doh.gsi.gov.uk)
See General Notes Section

See Chart

• New cases of all sexually transmitted diseases, except herpes, rose in 1997.  
• Percentage of new HIV cases thought to have been acquired though heterosexual intercourse was about 30% from 1992 to 1996, but has since risen to 39%  

TABLE A12

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