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More HIV cases in elders老年人艾滋感染者增加

Elderly people have become the group that saw the fastest growth in reported HIV infections in China, with a 500% increase in the number of newly reported HIV/AIDS cases among men aged 60 or above between 2010 and last year, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, World AIDS Day.世界卫生组织在12月1日世界艾滋病日当天表示，老年群体成中国艾滋病感染者报告数年增长率最高群体，2019年当年新诊断报告的60岁及以上男性艾滋病感染者人数较2010年增加了500%。

Around 37,000 people aged 60 or older in China were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS last year－77% of them being men－accounting for 25% of the total number of reported new HIV cases, WHO said.中国2019年新诊断报告的60岁及以上艾滋病感染者人数为3.7万例，占当年新报告所有感染者的25%，其中77%为男性。

UNPRotected sex was the major cause of HIV infections among elderly men.不安全性行为是老年男性感染的主因。

In all, 150,000 people in China were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS last year, and the total reported number of people living with HIV/AIDS reached 960,000 by the end of last year, WHO said.2019年我国新诊断报告的艾滋病感染者人数共15万例，截至2019年底报告的存活艾滋病感染者人数共96万例。

Globally, 1.7 million people were diagnosed last year, and 690,000 died from AIDS-related diseases, according to WHO.全球2019年新诊断报告的艾滋病感染者人数共170万例，共有69万人死于艾滋病相关疾病。