Migrants and Ethnic Minorities make up about 20% of the population of the Netherlands (CBS, 2007). - Total Dutch population = 16 million people
- Ethnic minorities not born in the Netherlands = 3.1 million
- Ethnic minorities born in Non-Western countries = 1.7 million
According to the Dutch HIV Monitoring Foundation, which is the body that monitors the trends in HIV infections in the Netherlands, the HIV figures for 2007 were as follows: - Total number of HIV patients in the Netherlands =14,960. Of these 11,349 are in follow-up as of 1 June 2008.
Table 1: Route of transmission and sex of HIV-infected population in follow-up (as of 1 June 2008). Transmission route | Male | Female | Total | MSM* | 6497 (72.8%) | | 6497 (57.2%) | Heterosexuals | 1505 (16.9%) | 2124 (87.8%) | 3629 (32.0%) | IDU** | 259 (2.9%) | 105 (4.3%) | 364 (3.2%) | Blood(products) | 106 (1.2%) | 60 (2.5%) | 166 (1.5%) | Vertical*** | 17 (0.2%) | 20 (0.8%) | 37 (0.3%) | Other/unknown | 545 (6.1%) | 111 (4.6%) | 656 (5.8%) |
*Men having Sex with Men
**Intravenous Drug Users
***From mother to child (during birth or through breast milk)
Source: HIV Monitoring Foundation 2008, page: 28.
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Table 2: Heterosexual HIV patients in the Netherlands by region of origin Region of Origin | Heterosexual male HIV patients | Heterosexual female HIV patients | The Netherlands | 725 patients (37.3%) | 649 patients (24.5%) | Sub-Saharan Africa | 688 (35.4%) | 1312 (49.5%) | Latin America | 198, (10.2%) | 241 (9.1%) | The Caribbean | 104 (5.3%) | 152 (5.7%) | Europe excluding the Netherlands | 130, (6.9%) | 110 (4.1%) | Other regions | 4.9% | 7.1% | Totals | 100% | 100% |
Source: HIV Monitoring Foundation 2008, page: 23. |
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