16 facts about AIDS and HIV

I've found some facts about AIDS and HIV. It's hard to read but we must know as much as possible... Just for the future!

AIDS deaths to date: 20 million people

Estimated AIDS deaths by 2015: 60 million people

Current HIV infections: About 40 million people

HIV infections in Sub-Saharan Africa: 28.4 million people - more than 60% of world total

Prevalence of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: 9% of total population

HIV infections in South Africa: 5.3 million people – biggest national total in the world

HIV infections in India: 5.1 million - second biggest national total in the world

HIV infections in North America and West and Central Europe: 1.6 million

Countries with negative population growth due to AIDS mortality: Botswana, and South Africa. Mozambique, Lesotho and Swaziland are projected follow suit by 2010

Life expectancy in Botswana: 34 years – it would be 72 years without AIDS. Six other countries, from Angola to Zambia, now have average life expectancies under 40 years

Access rate to antiretroviral drugs in developing countries: 7% of infected people

Global AIDS spending in 2004: $6.1 billion

Estimated global AIDS spending required in 2007 for prevention and care: $20 billion

Condoms required in the developing world in 2002 to achieve a significant reduction in the rate of HIV infection 10 billion – but only 2.5 billion were distributed

Proportion of people in China unable to name a single way to protect themselves against HIV infection in a 2003 survey: 40%

Young women in developing world who did not know three HIV protection methods when surveyed: 66%

Was found at NewScientist.com news service


Updated: also see timeline of HIV & AIDS