Hiv Statistics In Malaysia

Malaysia is ranked seventh highest in adult prevalence of hiv aids in asia after thailand papua new guinea burma cambodia vietnam and indonesia with a 0 45.

Hiv statistics in malaysia. This statistic shows the incidence rate of hiv in malaysia in 2018 sorted by region. Malaysian aids council malaysian aids foundation no 12 jalan 13 48a the boulevard shop office off jalan sentul. The hiv aids data hub for the asia pacific works to provide decision makers and experts with high quality accessible and up to date data on hiv in the region. Overview of the hiv aids epidemic in malaysia the hiv epidemic in malaysia is concentrated in these key populations.

As of 2016 99 338 hiv positive men and 12 578 hiv positive women in malaysia. Incidence rate of hiv malaysia 2018 by region number of hiv infection cases in sweden 2018 by gender number of vaccine preventable disease cases malaysia 2018 by disease. In 2001 the ratio of hiv positive men versus hiv positive women was 10 1 but in 2013 this ration has dramatically changes to 4 1. As it turns out malaysia is ranked 8th in asia and 5th in south east asia.

The number of hiv positive women has been increasing as well. Review other causes of death by clicking the links below or choose the full health profile. According to the latest who data published in 2018 hiv aids deaths in malaysia reached 7 021 or 4 99 of total deaths. The first hiv aids case in malaysia made it debut in 1986 and since has become one of the country s most serious health and development challenges.

According to a report by unaids 2012 12 countries account for more than 90 of people living with hiv and more than 90 new hiv infections in the asia and the pacific.