Whats the % of people infected hiv/aids in ontario/toronto area?!
Question: Whats the % of people infected hiv/aids in ontario/toronto area?
after you give me the percent,how many people is that out of the population,so if there's 100 people in ontario,(hypotheticly speaking) and 2 people had aids,and 98 dont,say the ratio please
Also,how it is spread and what happens when a person has it?
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Answers: Whats the % of people infected hiv/aids in ontario/toronto area?
after you give me the percent,how many people is that out of the population,so if there's 100 people in ontario,(hypotheticly speaking) and 2 people had aids,and 98 dont,say the ratio please
Also,how it is spread and what happens when a person has it?
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About 23, 563 people are living with HIV in Ontario (including those with AIDS, obviously). These numbers were accurate (adjusted for underreporting, delays in reporting, and repeat testers) as of 2003. The number will have increased since then of course.
For positive HIV test results given in Toronto, the rates including 1985-2003):
The rate for men is 1,119.3 / 100 000
The rate for women is 126.2 / 100 000 (and growing)
OF all people it works out to be 637.4 / 100 000.
These numbers aren't applicable in many situations as it includes only people who were tested in Toronto. We don't monitor people's movement, and people often go to larger centres to get tested for anonymity.
The best place to find HIV epi data is the following website. (This is THE HIV epidemiology expert who everyone, government or not, goes to for the most accurate information).
Be warned, the website is not for those without at least a basic background in statistics.....and even then, people can misread the data.......so be careful.
http://www.phs.utoronto.ca/ohemu/mandate...
It is ONLY spread via the exchange of blood, semen, vaginal fluids, or breast milk and only under certain circumstances.
Activities that allow for HIV transmission:
-unprotected sex (anal, vaginal = high risk, oral =low risk)
-sharing needles for any reason (drugs, piercing, tatooing)
-mother to child transmission (low in countries with access to meds and good prenatal care)
-blood/blood product transfusion (though this is EXTREMELY rare and in Canada hasn't happened since 1986.....all units of blood are tested now using even more sensitive tests than used with a generic HIV antibody test.
Transmissions from other activities are exceedingly rare and only happen under limited circumstances. As a rule of thumb, unless you are engaging in unprotected sex or sharing syringes, there is little likelihood of becoming HIV+.
Basic Natural History (without medical intervention/drugs):
HIV, upon entering the body, searches for certain types of cells (most common are T-cells, aka CD4 cells). It injects it's "innards" into the cell, incorporates its genetic information thereby turning the cell into an HIV factory producing LOTS of viruses which kill the cell upon leaving.
As a person's CD4 cell count gradually falls the person is more and more susceptible to infections. The CD4 cells are like the quarterback or the brains behind our immune response to "invaders". As there are less and less of them, a person is at risk for illnesses/cancers that a normal immune system would handle with ease.
Once they become sick enough and are diagnosed with a specific infection/cancer (there are a list of ~40 different AIDS-defining illnesses/cancers aka Opportunistic Infections) they are said to have AIDS. AIDS is the final stage of HIV disease.
WITH treatment, however, a person's viral load can be reduced, in many cases, to an undetectable level which allows for the body to maintain a higher CD4 cell count for many years. As treatments get better, more and more people will be living longer.......but will most likely be taking HIV drugs for the rest of their lives and dealing with the unpleasant side effects of those drugs and long term toxicities.
some Canadian forgot his Jimmy Hat last night and wants numbers...
For the answer for numbers your best bet is to go to a governmental web site for Ontario, search for STD/HIV information and you might get local information. That would be the best, most up to date. If you use world wide information it will be much older.
HIV is spread by unprotected sexual intercourse both anal and vaginal, followed by injection drug users- these are the two greatest ways HIV is spread.
looked this up
in 1997 there were 22.6% cased in ontario
9,750 were diagnosed
5.5% were adults
i'm from toronto but don't have hiv/aids