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ustralian AIDS Association *

A project by Ivanhoe Grammar School students Patrick Moio, Imogen Money, Thomas Gazis, Elizabeth Simcevski and Angeline Koutsoukos

*this is not a real organisation

Global Statistics on HIV/AIDS

A compilation of global statistics on HIV/AIDS

NUMBER OF ADULTS (AGED 15 to 49) WITH HIV/AIDS

North America 890,000
Caribbean 350,000
Latin America 1,200,000
Western Europe 520,000
Eastern and Central Europe 410,000
North Africa and the Middle East 210,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 23,400,000
South and Southeast Asia 5,400,000
East Asia and the Pacific 530,000
Australia and New Zealand 15,000

HIV/AIDS in Women:

According to the most recent data, AIDS is the number one killer for African-American women ages 25 to 34.

Heterosexual women under thirty have taken over from homosexual men as the people most at risk.

The data suggests that African-American women are more than 20 times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than white women. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Of the 93,566 American women living with AIDS in 2004, 60 percent were black and 19 percent were white. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

HIV/AIDS in Men:

In Canada, a 1995 study showed that only 22% of men used condoms

Over 75% of HIV cases in America were among non-caucasian men, with African American males comprising more than half of all cases (55%).

Most of the 25% of heterosexual men who get HIV/AIDS have received it through injection drug use

HIV/AIDs in MSM Men (including homosexuals/bisexuals):

From 2008 to 2010, HIV infections among young black/African American MSM (men who have sex with men) increased 20%.

In 2010, young MSM (aged 13-24 years) accounted for 72% of new HIV infections among all persons aged 13 to 24, and 30% of new infections among all MSM.

From 2008 to 2010, new HIV infections increased 22% among young (aged 13-24) MSM and 12% among MSM overall.

Among all MSM, white MSM accounted for 11,400 (38%) estimated new HIV infections in 2010.

Among all MSM, black/African American MSM accounted for 10,600 (36%) estimated new HIV infections in 2010.

Hispanic/Latino MSM accounted for 6,700 (22%) estimated new HIV infections in 2010.

HIV/AIDS and Pregnancy:

If a pregnant woman is not treated with the proper antiretroviral drugs, there is a 20-45 percent chance that her infant will contract the virus from her during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding.

Because 59 percent of HIV-positive people in Africa are women, the vast majority of children diagnosed with HIV have had the virus passed from their mothers.

Prevention/Contraception Use:

Contraceptive use of condoms has doubled in recent years because it is an inexpensive provision to offer to both the HIV-positive and negative.

Significant Effect and Deaths from HIV/AIDS:

Worldwide, there were about 2.5 million new cases of HIV in 2011. world. In 2011, there were about 17 million deaths in persons with AIDS

Even though Sub-Saharan Africa bears the biggest burden of HIV/AIDS, countries in South and Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and those in Latin America are significantly affected by HIV and AIDS.

One in five people with HIV are unaware of their infection.

Since AIDS was discovered, more than 60 million people have contracted the illness

Over 30 million have died from an HIV-related cause since the first cases were reported in 1981.

Worldwide, it is estimated 34 million are currently living with HIV, most of which don't know they are infected.

The annual number of people dying from AIDS-related causes worldwide is steadily decreasing from a peak of 2.3 million [2.1–2.6 million] in 2005 to an estimated 1.6 million [1.4–1.9 million] in 2012.

AIDS-related mortality began to decline in 2004-2005 in sub-Saharan Africa, South and South-East Asia and the Caribbean and has continued to decline subsequently.

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