This article presents data from HIV mandatory reporting
among young people aged 15-24 years in France, on one hand, in the 18-24
year-olds for 2013 and trends since 2003, and on the other hand, in 15-17 year‑olds
for the 2003-2013 cumulative period due to a limited number of cases.
In 2013, 726 young adults aged 15 to 24 years discovered
their HIV infection, representing 11.7% of all new HIV diagnoses, and a ratio
to the population of the same age of 92 by million inhabitants.
Out of the 686 young adults (18-24 years) diagnosed in 2013,
two thirds (68%) were males, mainly infected through sexual intercourse with
men (for 75% of them). Since 2003, the number of new HIV diagnoses in this group
has risen sharply (+157%). For young women, almost all of them (98%) were
infected through heterosexual intercourse; 71% of them were born abroad. The
proportion of young people HIV-infected by injecting drugs was low (0.4%).
About 14% of diagnoses in this age group were delayed (<200 CD4/mm3 or AIDS stage).
Out of the 524 adolescents aged 15-17 years who discovered
their HIV infection between 2003 and 2013, nearly two thirds were females
(65%), mainly born abroad, and infected through heterosexual intercourse. The
main mode of transmission among men was the fact of having sex with men (for
49% of them). Nearly 6% of the new diagnoses in adolescents were related to HIV
mother-to-child transmission, which was diagnosed late.
HIV prevention interventions among adolescents and young adults
should continue, particularly among young men who have sex with men.
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