- AIDS Statistics in USA and Africa
- International AIDS Statistics
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AIDS Statistics in USA
AIDS was discovered in USA in 1981. The epidemic has since spread to every part of the global community.
An estimated number of more than one million people are living with HIV in the USA and more than half a million are estimated to have died after developing AIDS.
Unless otherwise noted, the following data are from the CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2005.
AIDS Statistics in Africa
The HIV/AIDS epidemics spreading through the countries of Sub-saharan Africa are highly varied. Although it is not correct to speak of a single African epidemic, Africa is without doubt the region most affected by the virus. Inhabited by just over 12% of the world's population, Africa is estimated to have more than 60% of the AIDS-infected population. Much of the deadliness of the epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa has to do with a deadly synergy between HIV and Tuberculosis. In fact, Tuberculosis is the world's greatest infectious killer of women of reproductive age and the leading cause of death among people with HIV/AIDS.
Most people live with HIV for several years before developing AIDS and many more are not tested for HIV so the HIV surveillance data In USA is not comprehensive and most statistics are based on reports of AIDS diagnosis. In interpretation of AIDS statistics, it is also important to know that they do not correspond to new HIV infections.
Please Note: Some data on this page was revised on June 28, 2007. For more information on the reasons for this revision visit http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/datarevision.htm
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HIV Estimate
At the end of 2003, an estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 persons in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS, with 24-27% undiagnosed and unaware of their HIV infection.
Glynn M, Rhodes P. Estimated HIV prevalence in the United States at the end of 2003. National HIV Prevention Conference; June 2005; Atlanta. Abstract 595.
AIDS Cases
In 2005, the estimated number of diagnoses of AIDS in the United States and dependent areas was 41,897. Of these, 40,608 were in the 50 states and District of Columbia and 982 were in the dependent areas. In the 50 states and District of Columbia, adult and adolescent AIDS cases totaled 40,540 with 29,766 cases in males and 10,774 cases in females, and 68 cases estimated in children under age 13.
The cumulative estimated number of diagnoses of AIDS through 2005 in the United States and dependent areas was 984,155. Of these, 952,629 were in the 50 states and District of Columbia and 30,386 were in the dependent areas. In the 50 states and District of Columbia, adult and adolescent AIDS cases totaled 943,525 with 761,723 cases in males and 181,802 cases in females, and 9,101 cases estimated in children under age 13.
Please note: Totals include persons of unknown race or multiple races, person of unknown sex, and persons of unknown state of residence. Because totals were calculated independently of the values for the subpopulations, subpopulation values may not equal the totals.