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HIV/AIDS Statistics
One in every 100 sexually active adults between the ages
of 15 and 49 worldwide is infected with HIV, and only one in 10 knows he or she
is infected.**
More than 30 million people worldwide are now living with
the AIDS virus, and about 16,000 new victims are infected every day.**
Worldwide, 5.8 million people have been infected with HIV
in 1997 and an estimated 5.3 million were infected in 1996.**
It is estimated that 2.3 million people died of AIDS in
1997 - a 50 percent increase over 1996. Nearly half of those deaths were in
women, and 460,000 were in children under 15.**
India's 3 million to 5 million HIV-infected people make it
the country with the most HIV-infected people in the world.**
AIDS is the leading cause of death for all Americans ages
25 - 44. As of December, 1996, the U.S. reported 581,429 cases and 362,004
AIDS-related deaths. [Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)]
In the U.S. there is one AIDS-related death every 15
minutes, and someone is infected with HIV every 13 minutes. (CDC)
1 in 250 Americans (of all ages) is infected with HIV.
1 in 92 American men ages 25-39 is HIV infected.
1 in 33 African American men ages 27-39 is HIV-infected.
In New York City, 1 in every 30 adults is infected with
HIV. (Gay Men's Health Crisis)
Close to 1,250,000 Americans are HIV-infected.
The number of HIV-infected teenagers in the U.S. doubles
every 14 months. (American Academy of Pediatrics)
80% of Americans infected with HIV do not even know they
are infected.
The World Health Organization estimates half of all
infections worldwide occur between the ages of 15 and 19.
By the year 2000 the estimated culmulative number of
people infected with HIV around the world will be close to 40,000,000.
Worlwide, women make up the fastest growing group of new
HIV cases. Every day, 3000 women worldwide are infected with HIV and 500 women
die from AIDS or AIDS related illnesses.
Other STD's
Sexually transmitted diseases are diagnosed 12 million
times a year in the United States -- including a staggering 3 million cases
among teen-agers.
The U.S. spends just $1 to prevent sexually transmitted
illnesses for every $43 spent treating them.
Left untreated, sexually transmitted diseases can cause
infertility, cancer, birth defects and miscarriages, even death. And Americans
suffer 10 to 50 times more sexually transmitted diseases than people in other
developed countries.
One in 10 Americans cannot even name a sexually
transmitted disease, and only 23 percent know about chlamydia, the most common
sexual disease, striking an estimated 4 million Americans a year.
Gonorrhea strikes 150 times per 100,000 Americans, vs.
just three times per 100,000 people in Sweden and 18 per 100,000 in Canada.
One in four women has human papilloma virus, an infection
that makes them 10 times more likely to develop cervical cancer.
Surveys indicate one in 50 Americans is aware of having
genital herpes, yet one in five really does.
Two-thirds of people with sexually transmitted diseases
become infected before age 25.
Worldwide, there were at least 333,000,000 new cases of
curable sexually transmitted diseases in 1995.
There is strong evidence that sexually transmitted
diseases greatly increase the risk of sexual transmission of HIV.
Condom Usage Statistics
Only 13 percent of Americans surveyed said they practice
safer sex by using a condom every time. (Durex Global AIDS Survey, November 29,
1997)
Globally, 81 percent of French respondents and 79 percent
of Mexican respondents are worried about becoming infected with HIV/AIDS, making
their citizens the two most concerned nationalities. However, the French
are more inclined to consistently practice safer sex. Twenty-six percent
indicated that they use a condom during every sexual encounter, compared to just
11 percent of Mexicans who do the same. (Durex Global AIDS Survey, November 29,
1997)
In one recent U.S. study* about one-half of the sexually
experienced teenagers had failed to use a condom the last time they had
intercourse.
Statistics Sources
**UN AIDS Report, November 25, 1997
*National Center for Health Statistics, July 11, 1995
Centers for Disease Control
World Health Organization
Institute of Medicine
Kaiser Family Foundation
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