The latest statistics on the world epidemic of AIDS & HIV were published by UNAIDS/WHO in November 2007, and refer to the end of 2007.
- People living with HIV/AIDS in 2007
- 33.2 million 30.6-36.1 million
- Adults living with HIV/AIDS in 2007
- 30.8 million 28.2-33.6 million
- Women living with HIV/AIDS in 2007
- 15.4 million 13.9-16.6 million
- Children living with HIV/AIDS in 2007
- 2.5 million 2.2-2.6 million
- People newly infected with HIV in 2007
- 2.5 million 1.8-4.1 million
Adults newly infected with HIV in 2007 - 2.1 million 1.4-3.6 million
- Children newly infected with HIV in 2007
- 0.42 million 0.35-0.54 million
- AIDS deaths in 2007
- 2.1 million 1.9-2.4 million
- Adult AIDS deaths in 2007
- 1.7 million 1.6-2.1 million
- Child AIDS deaths in 2007
- 0.33 million 0.31-0.38 million
More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981.
Africa has 12 million AIDS orphans.
At the end of 2006, women accounted for 50% of all adults living with HIV worldwide, and for 61% in sub-Saharan Africa.
Young people (under 25 years old) account for half of all new HIV infections worldwide.
In developing and transitional countries, 7.1 million people are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs; of these, only 2.015 million (28%) are receiving the drugs.
More statistics
The United Nations estimates, there
are more than 33.2 million people worldwide living with
HIV, including over 2 million children
In 2007 2.5 million people worldwide
were newly infected with HIV
The United States averages 40,000
new infections annually
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) estimates that HIV has infected 1 out of
every 250 Americans
One out of four people infected with
HIV don't know they're infected.
42 - 59 percent of people with
HIV/AIDS in the US are not in care.
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