Late: World Aids Day
World AIDS Day was Last Week, and I meant to put up some of this information then but I got kind of caught up in various things. So better late then never.
Some Interesting Facts About HIV/AIDS
- A total of 33 Million people now live with HIV/AIDS. Two million of them are under the age of 15.
- in 2008, an estimated 2.7 million people were infected with HIV.
- Every day 7,397 people contract HIV - about 308 every hour.
- In 2008, 2 Million people died from AIDS.
- More than two-thirds (67%) of all people living with HIV [22 Million] live in sub-Saharan Africa - including 90 % of the world’s HIV positive Children.
- Globally, men who have sex with men are 19 times more likely to be infected with HIV than the general population.
- Worldwide, women make up half of all people living with HIV.
- There are approximately 1.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States.
- An estimated 56,300 new HIV infections occurred int he US in 2006.
- African Americans accounted for 46% of new HIV infections diagnosed in 2006, although they comprise only 12% of the population.
- Men who have sex with men accounted for 53% of all HIV/AIDS cases diagnosed in 2006. A third of these were younger than 30 years old.
- A number of women living with HIV in the U.S has tripled in the last two decades; by 2005, 26% of people living with HIV were women.
These are some pretty serious statistics. HIV/AIDS is still a serious problem and our generation needs to realize that even though there is a treatment, there is no cure.
Protect yourself, protect your partner, get tested, and know your status.
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