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New HIV infection cases diagnosed by man sex with man (MSM) and heterosexual contact, percentage (%) in Belgium from year 1997 to 2006:

Year : MSM Cases ( % MSM )
1997 — 90 ( 12.9 )
1998 — 94 ( 12.5 )
1999 — 92 ( 11.5 )
2000 — 145 ( 15.2 )
2001 — 129 ( 13.4 )
2002 — 153 ( 15.4 )
2003 — 182 ( 17.3 )
2004 — 199 ( 19.9 )
2005 — 240 ( 22.3 )
2006 — 255 ( 25.6 )

Year : Heterosexual ( % Heterosexual )
1997 — 227 ( 32.4 )
1998 — 263 ( 34.8 )
1999 — 273 ( 34.1 )
2000 — 375 ( 39.4 )
2001 — 313 ( 32.4 )
2002 — 441 ( 44.5 )
2003 — 464 ( 44.1 )
2004 — 447 ( 44.6 )
2005 — 431 ( 40.1 )
2006 — 334 ( 33.6 )

Sources:
1. WHO - European health for all database (HFA-DB)
2. Europe - HIV

HIV cases reported from year 1990 to 2006 in Belgium:

Year — Total Cases / Cases per 100 000 population
1990 — 813 / 7.81
1991 — 802 / 7.82
1992 — 977 / 9.49
1993 — 949 / 9.11
1994 — 807 / 7.85
1995 — 768 / 7.41
1996 — 720 / 6.85
1997 — 700 / 6.64
1998 — 755 / 7.08
1999 — 801 / 7.63
2000 — 952 / 8.96
2001 — 966 / 9.08
2002 — 992 / 9.34
2003 — 1052 / 9.92
2004 — 1002 / 9.55
2005 — 1074 / 10.24
2006 — 995 / 9.29

Source:
1. WHO Regional Office for Europe - CISID

Prisoner rate (per 100 000 population) for countries Luxembourg, Netherlands, Ireland, and Belgium for year 1987 - 2002:

Marriage and divorce rates (per 1000 population) in Belgium from year 1970 to 2004:

Source: OECD Index of Statistical Variables - Population, Marriage and Divorce

Source: Eurobarometer - Europeans and Organ Donation

Question 1: Would you be willing to donate one of your organs to an organ donation service immediately after your death? 
- % of participants say Yes.

Sweden - 81%
Finland - 73%
Belgium - 71%
Denmark - 69%
Netherlands - 69%
France - 67%
Ireland - 67%
Portugal - 66%
UK - 63%
Luxembourg - 62%
Spain - 57%
Greece - 53%
Germany - 46%
Italy - 45%
Austria - 33%

Question 2: If you were asked in a hospital to donate an organ from a deceased close family member, would you agree?
- % of participants say Yes.

Sweden - 74%
Finland - 73%
Netherlands - 66%
Belgium - 65%
Denmark - 63%
Portugal - 63%
UK - 63%
Luxembourg - 62%
France - 61%
Spain - 59%
Ireland - 57%
Greece - 54%
Germany - 46%
Italy - 39%
Austria - 35%

Question 3: Do you already have an organ donation card?
- % of participants say Yes:

Netherlands - 44%
Sweden - 30%
Ireland - 29%
UK- 26%
Denmark - 25%
Finland - 17%
Luxembourg - 14%
Italy - 13%
France - 10%
Germany - 9%
Spain - 7%
Austria - 4%
Belgium - 3%
Greece - 3%
Portugal - 2%  

P/S: I thought it would be interesting to see what is the difference between people’s willing to donate their organ and they actually have an organ card.  Well, they could have whatever reason to not having the organ donation card yet…

Countries / (% of participants willing to donate organ) - (% of participants have the card) 
Netherlands : -25%
Austria : -29%
Italy : -32%
Germany : -37%
UK : -37%
Ireland : -38%
Denmark : -44%
Luxembourg : -48%
Greece : -50%
Spain : -50%
Sweden : -51%
Finland : -56%
France : -57%
Portugal : -64%
Belgium : -68%

The total number of cases and number of cases per 100 000 persons in Belgium from year 1996 to 2006 on sexually transmitted dieseases (STDs) like:

a) Chlamydia
Year - Total / Cases per 100 000 persons
1996 - 787 / 7.74
1997 - 691 / 6.78
1998 - 721 / 7.06
1999 - 793 / 7.75
2000 - 689 / 6.72
2001 - 790 / 7.70
2002 - 1064 / 10.35
2003 - 1468 / 14.27
2004 - 1653 / 15.78
2005 - 2089 / 20.21
2006 - 2060 / 19.64 (an increase of 153.7%)

b) Gonorrhoea
Year - Total / Cases per 100 000 persons
1996 - 100 / 0.98
1997 - 117 / 1.15
1998 - 166 / 1.63
1999 - 178 / 1.74
2000 - 145 / 1.41
2001 - 241 / 2.35
2002 - 289 / 2.81
2003 - 304 / 2.96
2004 - 321 / 3.06
2005 - 441 / 4.26
2006 - 535 / 5.10 (an increase of 420.4%)

c) Syphilis (total)
Year - Total / Cases per 100 000 persons
1996 - 26 / 0.26
1997 - 20 / 0.20
1998 - 20 / 0.20
1999 - 27 / 0.26
2000 - 25 / 0.24
2001 - 271 / 2.64
2002 - 110 / 1.07
2003 - 300 / 2.92
2004 - 302 / 2.89
2005 - 308 / 2.98
2006 - 288 / 2.76 (an increase of 916.5%)

Source:
1. WHO Regional Office for Europe - CISID