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AIDS around world - World HIV & AIDS Statistics
The latest statistics on the
world epidemic of AIDS & HIV were published by UNAIDS/WHO in
December 2004. The report gives the latest AIDS and HIV statistics
for the whole world and for regions.
|
Number of
people living with HIV/AIDS in 2004 |
|
Estimate* |
Range* |
|
Total |
39.4 |
35.9-44.3 |
|
Adults |
37.2 |
33.8-41.7 |
|
Women |
17.6 |
16.3-19.5 |
|
Children 15 |
2.2 |
2.0-2.6 |
|
People
newly infected with HIV in 2004 |
|
Estimate* |
Range* |
|
Total |
4.9 |
4.3-6.4 |
|
Adults |
4.3 |
3.7-5.7 |
|
Children 15 |
0.64 |
0.57-0.75 |
|
AIDS deaths
in 2004 |
|
Estimate* |
Range* |
|
Total |
3.1 |
2.8-3.5 |
|
Adults |
2.6 |
2.3-2.9 |
|
Children 15 |
0.51 |
0.46-0.60 |
Total number of AIDS deaths between 1981 and the end
of 2003: 20 million.
Number of children orphaned by AIDS living in Sub-Saharan Africa at
the end of 2003: 12 million.
By December 2004 women accounted for 47% of all
people living with HIV worldwide, and for 57% in sub-Saharan Africa.
In 2003, young people (15-24 years old) accounted
for half of all new HIV infections worldwide, more than 6,000 became
infected with HIV every day.
An estimated five million people in low and middle
income countries do not have the AIDS drugs which could save their
lives.
|
Region |
Adults &
Children
Living with HIV/AIDS* |
Adults &
Children
Newly Infected* |
Adult
Infection
Rate (%) |
Deaths of
Adults & Children* |
|
Sub-Saharan
Africa |
25.4 |
3.1 |
7.4 |
2.3 |
|
East Asia |
1.1 |
0.29 |
0.1 |
0.051 |
|
South and
South-East Asia |
7.1 |
0.89 |
0.6 |
0.49 |
|
Oceania |
0.035 |
0.005 |
0.2 |
0.0007 |
|
Eastern
Europe & Central Asia |
1.4 |
0.21 |
0.8 |
0.060 |
|
Western &
Central Europe |
0.61 |
0.021 |
0.3 |
0.0065 |
|
North
Africa & Middle East |
0.54 |
0.092 |
0.3 |
0.028 |
|
North
America |
1.0 |
0.044 |
0.6 |
0.016 |
|
Caribbean |
0.44 |
0.053 |
2.3 |
0.036 |
|
Latin
America |
1.7 |
0.24 |
0.6 |
0.095 |
|
Global
Total |
39.4 |
4.9 |
1.1 |
3.1 |
During 2004 around five million adults and children
became infected with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus
that causes AIDS. By the end of the year, an estimated 39.4 million
people worldwide were living with HIV/AIDS. The year also saw more
than three million deaths from AIDS, despite the availability of HIV
antiretroviral therapy which reduced the number of deaths in high
income countries. |
