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information provided by The Bermuda Government Department of Health - Epidemiology & Surveillance Unit. 

A total of 16 cases of AIDS were reported  January 1st through to December 31st, 2000/

The major risk factor identified was heterosexual contact in 9 cases, while intravenous drug use accounted for 3 cases and homosexual/bisexual accounted for 4 cases. 

Nine deaths occurred among persons infected with HIV during this period. The highest annual incidence, 48 cases was recorded in 1995.

As of December 31, 2000, a cumulative total of 453 cases of AIDS were reported. 

Comment: In a population of 62,000, this represents 1 person in every 137

There were 356 deaths due to AIDS. 

Females accounted for 24.1% of all reported cases, and males 75.9%. There have been some changes in the distribution of cases. Intravenous drug abuse remains the predominant risk factor for AIDS in Bermuda. However, the percentage of cases occurring in drug users has remained at 40%. Sexual transmission has become a common factor.

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, syphilis and non-gonoccocal urethritis, are a major public health problem for two reasons; they cause serious complications and they facilitate transmission of HIV. As of December 31st, 2000, a total of five hundred and eleven (511) STIs have been reported to the Epidemiology & Surveillance Unit compared to four hundred and thirty-three cases (433) for 1999.

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Information from the World Health Organization - Compare the above statistics to those of other Countries and Bermuda continues to have one of the highest HIV incidences in the world:

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