| ImpAcTAIDS
: Startling Statistics |
GLOBAL
SUMMARY OF THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC
DECEMBER 2001
|
| People
newly infected with HIV in 2001 |
| Total |
5.0
million |
(that's
0.1% of the world population) |
| Adults |
4.3
million |
(that's
0.1% of the world's adult population) |
| Women |
1.8
million |
(that's
0.1% of the world's female population) |
| Children
<15 years |
0.8
million |
(that's
1 in every 2 thousand children in the world) |
|
| Number
of people living with HIV/AIDS |
| Total |
48.0
million |
(that's
0.6% of the world population) |
| Adults |
39.2
million |
(that's
0.8% of the world's adult population) |
| Women |
21.6
million |
(that's
0.6% of the world's female population) |
| Children
<15 years |
3.7
million |
(that's
3 in every 2 thousand children in the world) |
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| AIDS
deaths in 2001 |
| Total |
3
million |
(that's
5.4% of the total deaths in the world that year) |
| Adults |
2.4 million |
|
| Women |
1.1 million |
|
| Children
<15 years |
0.6 million |
|
|
| Total
number of AIDS deaths |
| Total |
21.8
million |
|
| Adults |
17.5 million |
|
| Women |
9.0 million |
|
| Children
<15 years |
4.3 million |
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Source:
http://www,avert.org/worldstats.htm |
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