In January-September of this year, 1,343 cases of diseases and asymptomatic status caused by HIV were registered in Bashkiria, which is 1.5% less than the same period in 2019. The incidence rate for nine months was 44.5 per 100 thousand people (January-September 2019 – 45). This is reported by Bashstat with reference to Rospotrebnadzor in the republic.
Last year, 634 people died in Bashkiria from diseases caused by HIV: 446 men and 188 women. Almost 75% of those who die from HIV are urban residents.
According to the regional center for the prevention and control of AIDS and infectious diseases, in Bashkiria, since 1987, 35.5 thousand HIV-infected people have been identified by laboratory, and at the end of September 2020 their number was 24.4 thousand people.
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