HIV/AIDS:
Frequently Asked Questions
General HIV/AIDS Questions
How
many people around the world are living with HIV/AIDS?
In 2009, 33.3 million people around the world were living with HIV/AIDS. More than 60 million people have been infected with HIV since the pandemic began. AIDS is the leading cause of death in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the fourth leading cause of death globally.
How many
women are infected with HIV/AIDS?
HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects women, with 16.6 million HIV-positive worldwide. Globally, 76 percent of all HIV-positive women live in sub-Saharan Africa.
How many
people have died of AIDS?
Almost 5,000 people die every day due to AIDS. AIDS caused 1.8 million deaths in 2009. An estimated 25 million people have died from HIV-related causes since the beginning of the pandemic.
How fast
is the pandemic growing?
There were 2.6 million new HIV infections in 2009, or almost 7,200 people per day.
How many
children and young people are infected with HIV?
In 2009, around 370,000 children were newly infected with HIV, bringing the total number of children living with HIV to 2.1 million. About half of all new adult HIV infections occur among 15-24 year olds. Learn more about USAID's efforts
to prevent HIV in children and young people.
How many children
have been orphaned because of HIV/AIDS?
As of 2009, approximately 16.6 million children had lost one or both parents due to HIV/AIDS.
Which parts of the world are most
severely affected by HIV/AIDS?
Approximately 97 percent of people living with HIV/AIDS live in low- and middle-income countries. Sub-Saharan Africa is the hardest-hit region and is home to 67 percent of all people living with HIV worldwide. Parts of Asia and Latin America are experiencing severe epidemics at the national or local level. Eastern Europe and Central Asia is the region with the fastest growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in the world.
Learn
more about the AIDS epidemic from UNAIDS.
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