Number of people living with HIV rises for seventh consecutive year

Thursday 18 January 2018

​The number of people living with HIV in Jersey rose for the seventh consecutive year in 2016, figures released following a request under the Freedom of Information (FOI) law have shown.

The number of people with HIV has increased steadily since 2010, reaching 91 in 2016, 42% more than in 2010, when there were only 52 people living with the condition.

The biggest increase over the years was  between 2010 and 2011, when numbers rose by nearly 33%, from 52 to 69. The latest increase from 2015 to 2016 was around 5%

Pictured: The number of people living with HIV has been increasing since 2010.

The number of people receiving treatment for the condition has rose by nearly 70% since 2010, going from 49 to 83. 

Since 2014, treatment has been offered to all patients at all stages of HIV infection. 

Pictured: A table showing the number of people receiving treatment for HIV over the years. 

Those variations have led to increased expenditures on treatments. Based on the cost for HIV drugs only, the budget has grown by a third, going from £404,913 in 2012 to ​£545,582 in 2016. 

As for new HIV positive diagnoses, in 2016 they were just over the figures for 2010, with seven instead of six.