By the end of 2004, Estonia had reported a cumulative total of 4442 HIV cases; it had also reported that 70 of these cases had developed AIDS, of which 36 had died. For the year 2004 alone, the republic reported 743 new HIV cases, 27 new AIDS cases and 6 AIDS deaths. Estonia has the second highest estimated prevalence of HIV, over 1% of the adult population, in Europe. Seventy-three per cent of Estonian PLWHA are male.
