Facts
About HIV/AIDS
5
million people were infected with HIV in 2001;
3.4 million (68%) were in Sub-Saharan Africa,
including 700,000 children. (UN AIDS)
10,000
American teenagers a day contract a venereal disease.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov
There
are an estimated 850,000 to 950,000 people currently
living with HIV in the U.S.
CDC National Prevention Information Network: www.cdcnpin.org
40,000
people in the United States become infected with
HIV each year.
CDC National Prevention Information Network: www.cdcnpin.org
Among
newly infected women in the U.S., 82% are African
American (64%) or Hispanic (18%. (CDC)
One
half of all new infections each year occur in
young people between the ages of 13 and 24. That
means that each year approximately 20,000 young
people are being infected with HIV.
CDC National Prevention Information Network: www.cdcnpin.org
40
million people worldwide are living with HIV.
(UN AIDS)
There
are 14,000 new HIV infections worldwide per day.
(UN AIDS)