Commission coordinator Prof. Dr. Mangku Karmaya said here on Monday the number of people known to have been infected by HIV/AIDS in the tourist island has reached 7,291 including 3,832 people infected by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). and 3,459 by AIDS.
Prof. Mangku expressed concern with the growing number of HIV/AIDS cases in Bali, saying in the past 27 years, the number of HIV/AIDS cases in Bali has increased from year to year.
Most or 75 percent of the disease was attributable to heterosexual relationships, and 11.08 percent to drugs, 4.16 percent to homosexual and the rest to other causes, he said.
He said most of the victim are in the productive age groups -- around 40.19 percent or 2,930 cases in the age group of 20-29 years and 36.33 percent or 2,649 cases in the age group of 30-39 years.
He said various steps have been made to make people more aware of the danger of the disease hoping the cases could be reduced in the future. (*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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