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how many aids patients are there througout hte world? how many get aids every year? how many die every year?

2007-03-03 23:36:27 · 3 answers · asked by mona 2 in Health Diseases & Conditions STDs

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An estimated 38.6 million [33.4 million–46.0 million] people worldwide
were living with HIV at the end of 2005. An estimated 4.1 million [3.4 million–6.2 million] became newly infected with HIV and an estimated 2.8 million [2.4 million–3.3 million] lost their lives to AIDS. Overall, the HIV incidence rate (the proportion of people who have become infected with HIV) is believed to have peaked in the late 1990s and to have stabilized
subsequently, notwithstanding increasing incidence in several countries.

2007-03-05 07:33:04 · answer #1 · answered by emanzit 3 · 0 1

Most researchers believe that HIV originated in sub-Saharan Africa during the twentieth century; it is now a pandemic, with an estimated 38.6 million people now living with the disease worldwide. As of January 2006, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized on June 5, 1981, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. In 2005 alone, AIDS claimed an estimated 2.4–3.3 million lives, of which more than 570,000 were children.

2006:
People living with HIV ............ 39.5 million (34.1–47.1 million)
New HIV infections in 2006 ......... 4.3 million (3.6–6.6 million)
Deaths due to AIDS in 2006 .......... 2.9 million (2.5–3.5 million)

2007-03-03 23:39:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Open the World Health Organization site, or ask in the CDC.

2007-03-03 23:40:36 · answer #3 · answered by mbestevez 7 · 0 1

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