HIV/AIDS

• HIV prevalence in adults, end 2001



• AIDS statistics (end 2002): [15]



		WORLD TOTAL (millions)	Sub-Saharan Africa
			millions	% of world total
living with HIV/AIDS (at end of 2002)	total	42	29.4	70
	age 0-14	3.2	2.8	88
newly infected with HIV (in 2002)	total	5	3.5	70
	age 0-14	0.8	0.72	90
AIDS deaths (in 2002)	total	3.1	2.4	77
	age 0-14	0.61	0.55	90



• About 14.000 new HIV infections a day in 2002: [15]
• more than 95% are in developing countries
• about 2.000 are children under 15 years
• about 6.000 are youths aged 15 to 24 years
• about 6.000 are adults aged 25 to 49 years
• this means that about 250.000 children and youths get infected with HIV worldwide each month.
• AIDS orphans - data from 1985 to 2000:



• AIDS orphans - data from 1985 to 2000 and projections for 2005 & 2010 (in millions): [7]