Table A.1.

Epidemiological situation of HIV/AIDS in selected East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, 2004^a

Country	Estimated number of people infected with HIV as of December 2003	Proportion of total adults 15–49 affected (low-high estimate)	Estimated number of deaths due to AIDS as of December 2003 (low-high estimate)	Category of people with highest HIV prevalence in 2003b
China	840000	0.10–0.20	21000–75000	IDUs (44–85%)
Thailand	570000	0.80–2.80	34000–97000	SWs (33%)
Vietnam	220000	0.20–0.80	4500–16000	IDUs (63%)
Indonesia	110000	0.01–0.20	1100–4100	IDUs (34%)
Malaysia	52000	0.20–0.70	1000–3600	NA
Japan	12000	0.01–0.09	400–900	SWsc
Philippines	9000	0.01–0.09	<500	SWsd
Korea (Republic of)	8300	0.01–0.09	<200	SWse
Singapore	4100	0.10–0.50	<200	NA

^aSource: figures reported by the World Health Organization for 2003 by country in WHO [44].

^bCountry-specific data reported by WHO indicate three main categories of infected adults: injecting drug users (IDU), sex workers (SWs), and people infected through blood transfusions (BTs).

^cThe rate of SWs’ infection for Japan is not available but WHO reports that in 2000, 78% of newly diagnosed cases were acquired through sexual contact.

^dThe rate of SWs’ infection for Philippines is not available. However, WHO estimates that 90% of HIV infections are sexually transmitted and the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases among SWs is around 40%.

^eThe rate of SWs’ infection for South Korea is not available. However, WHO estimates that 96% of HIV infections are sexually transmitted.