AIDS among teens, seniors on the rise in Beijing
The number of HIV/AIDS carriers aged over 60 in the capital has been increasing in recent years, an official surnamed Mao from the Beijing Health Bureau revealed on Friday.
Mao said the number of teenagers and seniors with HIV/AIDS was climbing fast in the city.
An additional 16 clinics offering tests and consultations for the disease were opened this year.
By the end of September, Beijing had 61 such clinics in 16 districts and counties.
According to statistics from the bureau, four hospitals that offer treatment to people with HIV/AIDS - including YouAn Hospital and Ditan Hospital - had helped more than 1,100 patients this year.
This article says that only .05 of China's population is gay. With a population size of over 1 billion, .05 of the population is around 67 million people!
If the article is right in claiming that 1 in 5 gays have HIV, that still leaves a total of around 15 million afftected.
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