Statistics
HIV/AIDS does not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, religion, nationality, sexual preference, or whether a person is a drug user, or not. The world's current epidemic is proof of that.
Globally
Number of people living with HIV in 2007
| Total |
33.2 million [30.6 - 36.1 million]
|
| Adults |
30.8 million [28.2 - 33.6 million]
|
| Women |
15.4 million [13.9 - 16.6 million]
|
| Children under 15 years |
2.5 million [2.2 - 2.6 million]
|
People newly infected with HIV in 2007
| Total |
2.5 million [1.8 - 4.1 million]
|
| Adults |
2.1 million [1.4 - 3.6 million]
|
| Children under 15 years |
420,000 [350,000 - 540,000]
|
AIDS deaths in 2007
| Total |
2.1 million [1.9 - 2.4 million]
|
| Adults |
1.7 million [1.6 - 2.1 million]
|
| Children under 15 years |
330 000 [310 000 - 380 000]
|
* Figures based on unaids epidemic update Dec.2007 (The ranges around the estimates in this table define the boundries within which the actual numbers lie, based on the best available information)
HIV in Australia
While worldwide figures on the HIV epidemic are alarming, in Australia we have been very effective at containing the virus.
Australian figures recorded to December 2007:
| Total HIV infections |
26,259
|
| Total AIDS deaths |
6,709
|
| Total poeple living with HIV/AIDS |
16,685
|
Last year (2007) there were 257 new HIV diagnoses in Victoria. This is a 9% increase from 2005.
HIV can be prevented through education, awareness and empowerment.
