老年人艾滋感染者增加
More HIV cases in elders Elderly people have become the group that saw the fastest growth in reported HIV infections in China, with a 500% increase in the number of newly reported HIV/AIDS cases among men aged 60 or above between 2010 and last year, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, World AIDS Day. Around 37,000 people aged 60 or older in China were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS last year-77% of them being men-accounting for 25% of the total number of reported new HIV cases, WHO said. UNPRotected sex was the major cause of HIV infections among elderly men. In all, 150,000 people in China were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS last year, and the total reported number of people living with HIV/AIDS reached 960,000 by the end of last year, WHO said. Globally, 1.7 million people were diagnosed last year, and 690,000 died from AIDS-related diseases, according to WHO. |