Fact Sheet

Unless otherwise noted, the following data are from the CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2005.

Vital Statistics

Worldwide:

• More than 22 million people have died from AIDS.
• More than 42 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and 74 percent of these infected people live in sub-Saharan Africa.
• More than 19 million women are living with HIV/AIDS.
• By the year 2010, five countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria, China, India, and Russia) with 40 percent of the world’s population will add 50 to 75 million infected people to the worldwide pool of HIV disease.
• There are 14,000 new infections every day (95 percent in developing countries). HIV/AIDS is a “disease of young people” with half of the 5 million new infections each year occurring among people ages 15 to 24.
• The UN estimates that, currently, there are 14 million AIDS orphans and that by 2010 there will be 25 million.

United States:

• An estimated one million people are currently living with HIV in the United States, with approximately 40,000 new infections occurring each year.
• 70 percent of these new infections occur in men and 30 percent occur in women.
• By race, 54 percent of the new infections in the United States occur among African Americans, and 64 percent of the new infections in women occur in African American women.
• 75 percent of the new infections in women are heterosexually transmitted.
• Half of all new infections in the United States occur in people 25 years of age or younger.

Populations/Surveillance

• HIV/AIDS in the United States
• HIV/AIDS among Men Who Have Sex with Men
• HIV/AIDS among African Americans
• HIV/AIDS among Hispanics/Latinos
• HIV/AIDS among Asians and Pacific Islanders
• HIV/AIDS among American Indians and Alaska Natives
• HIV/AIDS among Women
• HIV/AIDS among Youth
• Drug-Associated HIV Transmission Continues in the United States
• HIV/AIDS among Women Who Have Sex with Women
• Mother-to-Child (Prenatal) HIV Transmission and Prevention
• Surveillance of Healthcare Personnel with HIV/AIDS
• HIV/AIDS among Persons Aged 50 and Over
• CDC HIV/AIDS Science Facts: Using the BED HIV-1 Capture EIA Assay to Estimate Incidence Using STARHS in the Context of Surveillance in the United States

Media

• HIV and AIDS in the United States: A Picture of Today’s Epidemic

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• www.AIDS.gov
• www.cdc.gov/hiv

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