China’s HIV/AIDS Total to Hit 740,000
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Abstract
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| By year’s end, the number of persons with HIV/AIDS in China is expected to reach 740,000, Hao Yang, deputy director of the nation’s disease prevention and control bureau, said today. This year, China recorded 45,000 new HIV/AIDS patients, and 26,000 deaths were attributed to the disease. Sexual transmission accounted for 74.7 percent of cases, and 30.5 percent of patients are female, Hao said. More than 70 percent of HIV/AIDS patients live in Sichuan province, he added.
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Source
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| http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/ |
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Subjects
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Asia
Death and Dying
Persons with HIV/AIDS
Statistics
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cdcnpin.org News Record #54506
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