AIDS killed nearly 18,000 in China this year

BEIJING: Around 17,740 people have died in China this year due to AIDS, the country's health authority announced on Wednesday.

The figure from January to October is a 8.6 per cent increase year-on-year, Xinhua reported.

The ministry of health said 34,157 new AIDS cases were reported in China in the 10 months, up by 12.7 per cent year-on-year.

HIV cases have risen among people aged 15 to 24 and those over 50.

In total, China had 492,191 cases of HIV/AIDS by the end of October.

Sexual transmission has become the primary cause of the spread of HIV, and sex between men registered a sharp increase, the ministry said.

Of the new cases in the 10-month period, 85 per cent contracted the virus through sex.

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