
AIDS Around the World
AIDS Statistics, World AIDS Day
Worldwide Statistics:
Number of people living with HIV/AIDS Total 42 million
Adults 38.6 million
Women 19.2 million
Children under 15 years 3.2 million
People newly infected with HIV in 2002 Total 5 million
Adults 4.2 million
Women 2 million
Children under 15 years 800 000
AIDS deaths in 2002 Total 3.1 million
Adults 2.5 million
Women 1.2 million
Children under 15 years 610 000
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Total number of AIDS orphans (2001): 14 million
Amount spent on its control by government and NGOs annually: 10 million
Amount donated by Bill Gates: 100 million
NGOs working: 18,000
Adults and children estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS, end 2002
North America: 980,000
Caribbean: 440,000
Latin America: 1,500,000
Western Europe: 570,000
North Africa & Middle East: 550,000
Sub Saharan Africa: 29,400,000
Eastern Europe & Central Asia: 1,200,000
East Asia & Pacific: 1,200,000
South & South East Asia 6,000,000
Australia & New Zealand 15,000
Total: 42 million
For more information go to: AIDS Epidemic Update
India Statistics:
People affected in India: 4 Million (Men 2.3 million, women 1.5 million, children 0.17 million)
People expected to be affected in India by 2010: 25 Million
United Kingdom Statistics:
Estimated people living with HIV/AIDS at end 2000: 33,500, just under a third of whom are undiagnosed
HIV diagnoses in 2001: 4,164
AIDS diagnoses in 2001: 430
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Worldwide Statistics for 1999
34.3 Million People
North America:900,000
Caribbean: 360,000
Latin America: 1.3 Million
Western Europe: 520,000
North Africa & Middle East: 220,000
Sub-Saharan Africa: 24.5 Million
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 420,000
East Asia and Pacific: 530,000
South and South-East Asia: 5.6 Million