There are now 3160 registered HIV infected in Murmansk Oblast, web site Khibiny.ru reports. 383 new cases were registered in 2009 – a 13.2 percent increase from 2008. The density of HIV infected is highest in the Kandalaksha and Kola districts and in Murmansk.
More than 60 percent of the infected are in the age group 15-29 years, while around 26 percent are aged 30-39 years. Eight persons in the age group 15-17 years have been diagnosed as HIV infected in 2009.
154 people have been diagnosed with AIDS in Murmansk Oblast since 1991.
