UK 'has third highest rate of HIV in Europe'

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Only Estonia and Portugal have worse rates, says a report published yesterday.

There were 8,925 cases diagnosed here in 2006 – almost 149 cases per million inhabitants. Ireland recorded 337 cases – 80 cases per million – while the EU average is 67 cases per million.

Estonia diagnosed 504 cases per million inhabitants last year, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control announced yesterday in the Estonian capital, Tallin.

Portugal recorded 205 cases per million, while the lowest rate was recorded in Slovakia.

The 27 HIV/Aids cases diagnosed there last year translates into only five cases per million inhabitants.

HIV/Aids cases in the wider Europe – 53 countries in the World Health Organisation's "European region" – have doubled in six years, the figures show.

In Britain, the rate of infections has tripled in ten years, largely because gay men are ignoring safe sex messages, says the Health Protection Agency.

HIV/Aids cases in Europe

Estonia - 504.2 per million (668 cases)

Portugal - 205 (2,162)

UK - 148.8 (8,925)

Latvia - 130.3 (299)

Luxembourg - 118.9 (56)

Belgium - 95.3 (995)

France - 91.9 (5,750)

Ireland - 80 (337)

Malta - 71.9 (29)

Netherlands - 65.4 (1,070)

Austria - 53 (435)