 |
HIV/AIDS Statistics and Features by World
Region, 2001 and 2008
| World region |
Adults & children
living with
HIV |
Adults & children
newly
infected
with HIV |
Adult prevalence rate |
Adult &
child deaths
due to AIDS |
|
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
20.5–23.6 million |
1.6–2.1 million |
4.6–5.4% |
1.3–1.7 million |
| 2001 |
19.7–23.6 million |
1.7–2.7 million |
5.5–6.6 |
1.3–1.9 million |
|
North Africa & Middle East
|
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
280,000–510,000 |
20,000–66,000 |
0.2–0.4 |
20,000–35,000 |
| 2001 |
220,000–400,000 |
17,000–58,000 |
0.2–0.4 |
11,000–39,000 |
|
South and South-East Asia
|
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
3.5–5.3 million |
150,000–590,000 |
0.2–0.4 |
230,000–450,000 |
| 2001 |
2.9–4.5 million |
150,000–180,000 |
0.2–0.4 |
120,000–220,000 |
|
East Asia
|
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
480,000–1.1 million |
29,000–84,000 |
<0.2 |
24,000–63,000 |
| 2001 |
350,000–510,000 |
4,900–130,000 |
<0.2 |
8200–17,000 |
|
Oceania
|
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
66,000–193,000 |
12,000–15,000 |
0.3–0.5 |
<1000-1400 |
| 2001 |
19,000–39,000 |
3,000–5,600 |
0.1–0.3 |
1,100 |
|
Latin America
|
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
1.5–2.1 million |
88,000–190,000 |
0.4–0.6 |
49,000–98,000 |
| 2001 |
1.2–1.6 million |
56,000–220,000 |
0.3–0.5 |
44,000–100,000 |
|
Caribbean
|
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
210,000–270,000 |
16,000–25,000 |
1.0–1.2 |
11,000–16,000 |
| 2001 |
180,000–250,000 |
17,000–25,000 |
0.9–1.2 |
13,000–21,000 |
|
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
|
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
1.1–1.9 million |
67,000–180,000 |
0.6–1.1 |
41,000–88,000 |
| 2001 |
490,000–1.1 million |
98,000–340,000 |
0.3–0.6 |
5,500–14,000 |
|
Western & Central Europe
|
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
580,000–1 million |
14,000–49,000 |
0.2–0.4 |
4,800-17,000 |
| 2001 |
500,000–870,000 |
19,000–76,000 |
0.1–0.3 |
<15,000 |
|
North America
|
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
760,000–2 million |
9,600–130,000 |
0.4-1.0 |
9,100-55,000 |
| 2001 |
390,000–1.6 million |
40,000–63,000 |
0.4–0.8 |
18,000–31,000 |
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