Global HIV/AIDS estimates, end of 2008

Global HIV/AIDS estimates, end of 2008

The latest statistics of the global The latest statistics of the global HIV HIV and and AIDS AIDS were !blished were !blished
b" #$AIDS in $o%ember 200&, and refer to the end of 2008' b" #$AIDS in $o%ember 200&, and refer to the end of 2008'
Estimate Range
People living with HIV/AIDS in 2008 33.4 million 3.!3".8 million
A#$lts living with HIV/AIDS in 2008 3.3 million 2%.2!33.& million
'omen living with HIV/AIDS in 2008 ".& million 4.2!&.2 million
(hil#)en living with HIV/AIDS in 2008 2. million .2!2.% million
People newl* in+e,te# with HIV in 2008 2.& million 2.4!3.0 million
(hil#)en newl* in+e,te# with HIV in 2008 0.43 million 0.24!0.- million
AIDS #eaths in 2008 2.0 million .&!2.4 million
(hil# AIDS #eaths in 2008 0.28 million 0."!0.4 million
Estimate# n$m.e) o+ people living with HIV/AIDS/ 200&
People living with HIV/AIDS
2.3
million
A#$lt 0" *ea)s o) a.ove1 HIV
p)evalen,e
0.342
P)evio$sl* it was tho$ght that a)o$n# " million people we)e living
with HIV in In#ia ! mo)e than in an* othe) ,o$nt)*. 3ette) #ata/
in,l$#ing the )es$lts o+ a national ho$sehol# s$)ve* ,on#$,te# in
200"!200-/ le# to a ma4o) )evision o+ the p)evalen,e estimate in 5$l*
200&.
2
It is now tho$ght that a)o$n# 2.3 million people in In#ia a)e
living with HIV. 6+ these/ an estimate# 3%2 a)e +emale an# 3."2 a)e
,hil#)en.
3a,7!,al,$lation s$ggests that HIV p)evalen,e in In#ia ma* have
#e,line# slightl* in )e,ent *ea)s/ tho$gh the epi#emi, is still g)owing
in some )egions an# pop$lation g)o$ps.
HIV/AIDS SIT#ATI($ I$ DI)))*+*$T
HIV/AIDS SIT#ATI($ I$ DI)))*+*$T
STAT*S
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