Facts
A few statistics about AIDS/HIV
- AIDS is one of the top-ten causes of death among people ages 15 to 44.
- Every minute of every day, five people are infected with HIV.
- 40 million adults and children are living with HIV/AIDS right now.
- AIDS has already claimed more than 20 million lives.
- 21 percent of all HIV-positive people don't know they are infected.
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Statistics in the United States
- There are appoximately 1.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the US.
- There were 56,000 new HIV infections reported in 2006.
- 21% of those infected do not know it.
- Women of color represent two thirds of new AIDS cases among women.
- Gay and Bisexual men accounted for 53% of new infections in 2006.
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