- 16,000 new HIV infections occurred each day in 1997
- 30 million people were living with HIV at the end of 1997
- 1.1 million children under age 15 are infected with HIV
- 90% of people with HIV live in the developing world
- Over 40% of new HIV infections are in women
- Over 50% of newly HIV infected individuals are 15-24 years old
- Approximately 2.3 million people died of AIDS in 1997
- 11.7 million people have died as a result of AIDS since the epidemic began
Source: UNAIDS/WHO Working Group on Global HIV/AIDS and STD Surveillance Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, December 1997.