The number of patients with full-blown AIDS in Israel between 1981 and 2004 is 973 (254 of them female); 629 others have died or left Israel.
The number of reported HIV carriers during that period is 3,336 (1,243 of them female), while 343 others died or left Israel.
An estimated 1,000 or more other carriers are unaware of their condition, because they have not been tested.
The most common age when HIV carriers (both male and female) are notified is between 25 and 34.
The number of HIV carriers and AIDS patients who die in a specific year was highest in 1994, when 70 died, 60 in 2003 and around 25 in 2004 (preliminary data).
102 Israeli children became HIV carriers from their mothers, during birth or due to breast-feeding, since 1981, and 34 became full-fledged AIDS patients this way.
234 homosexual men currently living in Israel have developed AIDS since 1981; an addition 179 have died or left the country.
449 homosexual men living in Israel are HIV carriers; 48 more have died or left the country.
A total of 478 intravenous drug users are HIV carriers, and an additional 146 are AIDS patients.
35 hemophiliacs are HIV carriers and 44 are AIDS patients; this mode of infection ended when clotting factors began to be genetically engineered rather than made from blood products.
Some 500 Israelis contracted AIDS from heterosexual contacts since 1981, while some 2,000 more became HIV carriers in this manner.
373 Israeli AIDS patients and 1,539 HIV carriers originate from countries with an HIV epidemic or are partners of such immigrants.