Table 3.

Estimated number of PLWHA in China, by transmission mode: 2003–09

	2003 (840 000)	2005 (650 000) (%)	2007 (700 000) (%)	2009 (740 000) (%)
Sexual contact	NA	43.6	51.6	59.0
Heterosexual		36.3	40.6	44.3
Homosexual		7.3	11	14.7
Injecting drug use	NA	44.3	38.1	32.2
Mother-to-child transmission	NA	1.4	1.0	1.0
Plasma/blood	NA	10.7	9.3	7.8
Total		100	100	100

NA: not available.