How prevalent is HIV across the world?
1% aged 15-49. According to 2006 data, an estimated 1% of the world's population aged 15-49 has HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). This equals 33.4 million people. The majority of infections worldwide are in sub-saharan africa.
See below. In 2007 there were 33 million people living with hiv/aids worldwide including 2 million children under 15. In 2007 2.7 million people were newly infected with hiv, of which 70% were in sub-saharan africa, the most severely affected region of the world.
About HealthTap
108,000+
Top Doctors
25,117
Lives saved
7
billion+
Answers served
Doctors in our network have worked for:
Related Questions
- How in the world can HIV be in one fluid, but not the next?
- How many people are there in the world with hiv-2?
- How do children contract HIV and what is being done in third world countries?
- What was the world health organization reaction to HIV when it first appeared?
- Will people reach the stage of AIDS in today's world even after catching HIV very early?
- If people catch HIV early enough will they ever reach AIDS with all the medicine out there in today's world?
- What is Hiv?
- What is HIV?
- What is HIV?
- What cause hiv?
People Also Viewed
- How is the human immunodeficiency virus hiv transmitted
- Living with hiv positive
- Human immunodeficiency virus hiv infection
- Cough hiv human immunodeficiency virus jumping sgpt
- Living with hiv
- Pathophysiology of human immunodeficiency virus
- Living with someone who has hiv
- Living with hiv patient
- Symptoms of aids hiv human immunodeficiency virus
- Besides hiv what leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Related Topics
About HealthTap
108,000+
Top Doctors
25,117
Lives saved
7
billion+
Answers served
Doctors in our network have worked for:
Related Questions
- How in the world can HIV be in one fluid, but not the next?
- How many people are there in the world with hiv-2?
- How do children contract HIV and what is being done in third world countries?
- What was the world health organization reaction to HIV when it first appeared?
- Will people reach the stage of AIDS in today's world even after catching HIV very early?
- If people catch HIV early enough will they ever reach AIDS with all the medicine out there in today's world?
- What is Hiv?
- What is HIV?
- What is HIV?
- What cause hiv?
People Also Viewed
- How is the human immunodeficiency virus hiv transmitted
- Living with hiv positive
- Human immunodeficiency virus hiv infection
- Cough hiv human immunodeficiency virus jumping sgpt
- Living with hiv
- Pathophysiology of human immunodeficiency virus
- Living with someone who has hiv
- Living with hiv patient
- Symptoms of aids hiv human immunodeficiency virus
- Besides hiv what leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome