Three charts on the state of STIs and blood-borne viruses in Australia
- Written by Praveena Gunaratnam, Research Fellow, UNSW
Data released today by the Kirby Institute shows a widening gap in HIV infection rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. It also found gonorrhoea is rising in young people. And the number of people living with hepatitis C with severe liver disease has decreased.
Increasing disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
Over the last five years, we’ve seen the rate of new HIV diagnoses decrease by 22% and hepatitis C diagnoses remain stable in the non-Indigenous population. But among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people new diagnoses rates have increased by 33% for HIV and 25% for hepatitis C.
Authors: Praveena Gunaratnam, Research Fellow, UNSW