Figure 9.1.11: HIV/AIDS by sex
Rate of human immunodeficiency virus / acquired immune deficiency virus (HIV/AIDS) infections reported per 100,000 population by sex, Middlesex-London, 2005 to 2018
Source:
Public Health Ontario Infectious Disease Query: Middlesex-London Health Unit: Case counts and crude rates of reportable diseases by year. Toronto ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; 2019 May 8 [cited 2019 May 13].Between 2005 and 2018, the rate of HIV/AIDS infections reported among males consistently exceeded the rate among females. Since 2012, the difference has been significant in all years but one.
From 2005 to 2016, the rate among females significantly increased, more than quadrupling. The increase among males during that time period was also significant.
Since peaking in 2016, HIV/AIDS rates among both males and females have decreased in both 2017 and 2018.