HIV/AIDS in Peru
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Cases of HIV/AIDS in Peru are considered to have reached the level of a concentrated epidemic.
Prevalence
In a population-based survey conducted in Peru’s 24 largest cities in 2002, adult HIV prevalence was estimated to be less than 1 percent. It was 0.6 percent among pregnant women; 0.4 percent among males; and 0.1 percent among females. The survey demonstrated that cases are unevenly distributed in Peru, affecting mostly young people between the ages of 25 and 34.
As of July 2010, the cumulative reported number of persons infected with HIV was 41,638. There were 26,566 cases of AIDS, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH). The male/female ratio for AIDS diagnoses in 2009 was 3.02 to 1. The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates 76,000 Peruvians are HIV-positive, meaning that many people at risk do not know their status. There were 3,300 deaths due to AIDS in Peru in 2007 (UNAIDS, 2008), down from 5,600 deaths in 2005.
In 2010, 77 percent of all reported cases were in Lima and Callao – the capital city area.
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