HIV/AIDS New data shows that the global HIV prevalence – the percentage of people living with HIV – has leveled off and the number of new infections has fallen in part as a result of the impact of HIV programs. However, in 2007, 33.2 million people were estimated to be living with HIV. There were an estimated 1.7 million new infections in sub-Saharan Africa. 68% of the global total of people living with HIV is in sub-Saharan Africa. Mortality in Africa remains high due to the extensive unmet treatment need. There is still a need to review and adapt HIV prevention efforts as some countries are seeing a reversal of their declining trends. | Estimate | Range | People living with HIV/AIDS in 2006 | 39.5 million | 34.1-47.1 million | Adults living with HIV/AIDS in 2006 | 37.2 million | 32.1-44.5 million | Women living with HIV/AIDS in 2006 | 17.7 million | 15.1-20.9 million | Children living with HIV/AIDS in 2006 | 2.3 million | 1.7-3.5 million | People newly infected with HIV in 2006 | 4.3 million | 3.6-6.6 million | Adults newly infected with HIV in 2006 | 3.8 million | 3.2-5.7 million | Children newly infected with HIV in 2006 | 0.53 million | 0.41-0.66 million | AIDS deaths in 2006 | 2.9 million | 2.5-3.5 million | Adult AIDS deaths in 2006 | 2.6 million | 2.2-3.0 million | Child AIDS deaths in 2006 | 0.38 million | 0.29-0.50 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 48% of all adults living with HIV worldwide, and for 59% in sub-Saharan Africa. · Young people (under 25 years old) account for half of all new HIV infections worldwide - around 6,000 become infected with HIV every day. · In developing and transitional countries, 6.8 million people are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs; of these, only 1.65 million are receiving the drugs. The number of people living with HIV has risen from around 8 million in 1990 to nearly 40 million today, and is still growing. Around 63% of people living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa. Regional statistics for HIV & AIDS, end of 2006 Region | Adults & children
living with HIV/AIDS | Adults & children
newly infected | Adult prevalence* | Deaths of
adults & children | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.7 million | 2.8 million | 5.9% | 2.1 million | North Africa & Middle East | 460,000 | 68,000 | 0.2% | 36,000 | South and South-East Asia | 7.8 million | 860,000 | 0.6% | 590,000 | East Asia | 750,000 | 100,000 | 0.1% | 43,000 | Oceania | 81,000 | 7,100 | 0.4% | 4,000 | Latin America | 1.7 million | 140,000 | 0.5% | 65,000 | Caribbean | 250,000 | 27,000 | 1.2% | 19,000 | Eastern Europe & Central Asia | 1.7 million | 270,000 | 0.9% | 84,000 | Western & Central Europe | 740,000 | 22,000 | 0.3% | 12,000 | North America | 1.4 million | 43,000 | 0.8% | 18,000 | Global Total | 39.5 million | 4.3 million | 1.0% | 2.9 million |
* Proportion of adults aged 15-49 who were living with HIV/AIDS During 2006 around four million adults and children became infected with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus that causes AIDS. By the end of the year, an estimated 39.5 million people worldwide were living with HIV/AIDS. The year also saw around three million deaths from AIDS, despite recent improvements in access to antiretroviral treatment. More Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm#aidsage http://www.unaids.org/en/HIV_data/default.asp http://www.thebody.com/whatis/africa_subsahara.html |
