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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8295

12 September 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health
11% fewer new AIDS cases in 2001 - Large differences in transmission categories between Member States

Luxembourg, 11/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - According to research published by Eurostat on 10 September, 8210 new cases of AIDS were reported in the EU in 2001, 11% down on 2000. The cumulative total since 1981 has reached 235,000 cases. The annual AIDS incidence rate (number of cases per million inhabitants) in the EU was estimated at 21.8 in 2001, compared with 24.4 in 2000. 1994 was the turning point in the annual incidence of AIDS in the EU, when 24,889 new cases (three times higher than...

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