1999 January Australian HIV Surveillance Report

The Australian HIV Surveillance Report has been published on a quarterly basis from July 1990. Reports published from January 1994 are available below. Each report includes article(s) on topics of general interest in the epidemiology of HIV and related infections updates on the number of cases of newly diagnosed HIV infection and AIDS in Australia estimates of HIV incidence and prevalence among people seen through a network of sexual health clinics in Australia.

The Australian HIV Surveillance Update provides a brief summary of HIV and AIDS diagnoses in the most recent quarter, the most recent year and cumulative counts. The Australian HIV Surveillance Update was published separately prior to the July 2000 issue of the Australian HIV Surveillance Report. Updates post April 2000 are included in the Australian HIV Surveilance Report.

Key findings
  • Over the interval 1 January 1993 to 30 September 1998, the annual number of cases of newly diagnosed HIV infection in men continued its downward trend, first observed in 1986 (NCHECR 1998); the number of cases of newly diagnosed HIV infection among women remained steady at about 70 each year.
  • The annual number of reported cases of newly acquired HIV infection also declined over time, from 208 in 1993 to 100 in the first 9 months of 1998.
  • However, the proportion of cases of newly diagnosed HIV infection with evidence of newly acquired infection increased from 19% in 1993 to 24% in 1995 and then declined to 18% in 1998.
  • Almost all cases (95%) of newly acquired HIV infection were in males.
  • Exposure to HIV in the majority of cases of newly acquired HIV infection (86%) diagnosed throughout the interval January 1993 to September 1998 was attributed to a history of male homosexual contact, with or without a history of injecting drug use.
1999 January Australian HIV Surveillance Report 113.27 KB pdf
Year published
1999
Report type
Australian HIV Surveillance Reports (quarterly)
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