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Posted Nov. 2007

HIV and AIDS Statistics


Number of people who have died of AIDS since its discovery:
25,000,000
Number of people newly infected with HIV in 2006:
4,300,000
Number of people who died from AIDS in 2006 alone:
2,900,000
Number of people estimated to have died of AIDS in the United States in 2005:
17,011
Number of people living with HIV in the world:
39,500,000
Number of people living with HIV in developing countries:
38,000,000
Number of people living with HIV in the United States:
1,200,000
Number of children who have lost one or both parents because of AIDS:
15,200,000
Number of children who are living with HIV:
2,300,000
Percentage of HIV-positive Africans who are women:
54 percent
Estimated life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa by 2010 without the influence of AIDS:
59.5 years
Estimated average life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa by 2010 because of AIDS:
44.1 years
Estimated average life expectancy in the United States by 2010:
78 years
Number of children who lose a parent to AIDS every day:
6,000
Expected number of orphans due to AIDS worldwide by 2010:
20,200,000
2006 population estimate of New York state:
19,227,088
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