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HIV STATISTICS
AIDS
and HIV are profoundly impacting the world. The statistics
below are cited directly from the NIAID/NIH
Fact Sheet. You
may be shocked to learn that, worldwide: |
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As of the
end of 2003, an estimated 40 million people worldwide
- 37 million adults and 2.5 million children younger than
15 years - were living with HIV/AIDS. Approximately two-thirds
percent of these people (26.6 million) live in Sub-Saharan
Africa; another 18 percent (7.4 million) live in Asia
and the Pacific. (1) |
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Worldwide,
approximately 11 of every 1000 adults aged 15 to 49 are
HIV-infected. In Sub-Saharan Africa, about 8 percent of
all adults in this age group are HIV-infected. (1) |
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An estimated
5 million new HIV infections occurred worldwide during
2003; that is, about 14,000 infections each day. More
than 95 percent of these new infections occurred in developing
countries, and nearly 50 percent were among females. (1) |
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In 2003,
approximately 2,000 children under the age of 15 years,
and 6,000 young people aged 15 to 24 years became infected
with HIV every day. (1) |
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In 2003
alone, HIV/AIDS-associated illnesses caused the deaths
of approximately 3 million people worldwide, including
an estimated 500,000 children younger than 15 years. (1) |
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in the United States are also frightening. |
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The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 850,000 to 950,000
U.S. residents are living with HIV infection, one-quarter
of whom are unaware of their infection. (2) |
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Approximately 40,000 new
HIV infections occur each year in the United States,
about 70 percent among men and 30 percent among women.
Of these newly infected people, half are younger than
25 years of age. (3,4) |
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Of new infections among
men in the United States, CDC estimates that approximately
60 percent of men were infected through homosexual sex,
25 percent through injection drug use, and 15 percent
through heterosexual sex. Of newly infected men, approximately
50 percent are black, 30 percent are white, 20 percent
are Hispanic, and a small percentage are members of
other racial/ethnic groups. (4) |
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Of new infections among
women in the United States, CDC estimates that approximately
75 percent of women were infected through heterosexual
sex and 25 percent through injection drug use. Of newly
infected women, approximately 64 percent are black,
18 percent are white, 18 percent are Hispanic, and a
small percentage are members of other racial/ethnic
groups. (4) |
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The estimated number of
AIDS diagnoses through 2002 in the United States is
886,575. Adult and adolescent AIDS cases total 877,275,
with 718,002 cases in males and 159,271 cases in females.
Through the same time period, 9,300 AIDS cases were
estimated in children under age 13. (5)
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The estimated
number of new adult/adolescent AIDS diagnoses in the
United States was 43,225 in 1998, 41,134 in 1999, 42,239
in 2000, 41,227 in 2001, and 42,136 in 2002. (5) |
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The estimated
number of new pediatric AIDS cases (cases among individuals
younger than age 13) in the United States fell from
952 in 1992 to 92 in 2002. 5) |
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The estimated
rate of adult/adolescent AIDS diagnoses in the United
States in 2002 (per 100,000 population) was 76.4 among
blacks, 26.0 among Hispanics, 11.2 among American Indians/Alaska
Natives, 7.0 among whites, and 4.9 among Asians/Pacific
Islanders. (5) |
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From
1985 to 2002, the proportion of adult/adolescent AIDS
cases in the United States reported in women increased
from 7 percent to 26 percent. (5) |
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As of
the end of 2002, an estimated 384,906 people in the
United States were living with AIDS. (5) |
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As of
December 31, 2002, an estimated 501,669 people with
AIDS in the United States had died. (6) |
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The estimated
annual number of AIDS-related deaths in the United States
fell approximately 14 percent from 1998 to 2002, from
19,005 deaths in 1998 to 16,371 deaths in 2002. (5) |
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Of the estimated
16,371 AIDS-related deaths in the United States in 2002,
approximately 52 percent were among blacks, 28 percent
among whites, 19 percent among Hispanics, and less than
1 percent among Asians/Pacific Islanders and American
Indians/Alaska Natives. (5)
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| REFERENCES |
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UNAIDS.
AIDS
Epidemic Update, December, 2003. |
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Fleming,
P.L. et al.HIV
Prevalence in the United States, 2000. 9th Conference
on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Seattle,
Wash., Feb. 24-28, 2002. Abstract 11. |
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Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). HIV
and AIDS - United States, 1981-2001. MMWR 2001;50:430-434. |
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Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). HIV
Prevention Strategic Plan Through 2005. January 2001. |
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Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). HIV/AIDS
Surveillance Report 2002;14:1-40. |
NIAID is a component of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH). NIAID supports basic and applied research
to prevent, diagnose, and treat infectious and immune-mediated
illnesses, including HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted
diseases, illness from potential agents of bioterrorism, tuberculosis,
malaria, autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies.
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