老年人艾滋感染者增加

More HIV cases in elders

老年人艾滋感染者增加

Elderly people have become the group that saw the fastest growth in reported HIV infections in China, with a 500% increase in the number of newly reported HIV/AIDS cases among men aged 60 or above between 2010 and last year, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, World AIDS Day.

世界衞生組織在12月1日世界艾滋病日當天表示，老年羣體成中國艾滋病感染者報告數年增長率最高羣體，2019年當年新診斷報告的60歲及以上男性艾滋病感染者人數較2010年增加了500%。

Around 37,000 people aged 60 or older in China were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS last year－77% of them being men－accounting for 25% of the total number of reported new HIV cases, WHO said.

中國2019年新診斷報告的60歲及以上艾滋病感染者人數為3.7萬例，佔當年新報告所有感染者的25%，其中77%為男性。

Unprotected sex was the major cause of HIV infections among elderly men.

不安全性行為是老年男性感染的主因。

In all, 150,000 people in China were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS last year, and the total reported number of people living with HIV/AIDS reached 960,000 by the end of last year, WHO said.

2019年我國新診斷報告的艾滋病感染者人數共15萬例，截至2019年底報告的存活艾滋病感染者人數共96萬例。

Globally, 1.7 million people were diagnosed last year, and 690,000 died from AIDS-related diseases, according to WHO.

全球2019年新診斷報告的艾滋病感染者人數共170萬例，共有69萬人死於艾滋病相關疾病。