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AIDS Snapshot

OVERALL

-- 65 million total HIV infections

-- 25 million HIV deaths

-- 38.6 million people currently living with HIV

2005

-- 2.8 million people died of AIDS

-- 4.1 million people were newly infected

AFRICA

-- Southern Africa is the epicenter of the global epidemic

-- 64 percent of the world's HIV population lives in sub-Sahara African

-- Transmission is primarily through heterosexual contact

-- More women are HIV infected than men

-- More than 10 percent of the adult population (15 to 49 years) is infected in most Southern African countries

-- In Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, more than 20 percent of the adult population is infected

-- South Africa (along with India) has largest number of people, 5.5 million, living with HIV

-- 17 percent of those in need of antiretroviral treatment receive it

UNITED STATES

-- The U.S. has seen resurgence in HIV transmission in recent years, primarily among men

-- An estimated 800,000 people are infected

-- 25 percent of those infected don't know

-- 44 percent of new infections are in gay men

-- Blacks and Hispanics account for 69 percent of all reported HIV cases

-- 55 percent of those in need of antiretroviral treatment receive it

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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