By Region
The pandemic is not homogeneous within regions, with some countries more afflicted than others. Even at the country level, there are wide variations in infection levels between different areas. The number of people infected with HIV continues to rise in most parts of the world, despite the implementation of prevention strategies, Sub-Saharan Africa being by far the worst-affected region, with an estimated 22.9 million at the end of 2010, 68% of the global total. South and South East Asia have an estimated 12% of the global total. The rate of new infections has fallen slightly since 2005 after a more rapid decline between 1997 and 2005. Annual AIDS deaths have been continually declining since 2005 as antiretroviral therapy has become more widely available.
| World region | Estimated prevalence of HIV infection (adults and children) |
Estimated adult and child deaths during 2010 |
Adult prevalence (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | 31.6 million – 35.2 million | 1.6 to 1.9 million | 0.8% |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.6 million – 24.1 million | 1.2 million | 5.0% |
| South and South-East Asia | 3.6 million – 4.5 million | 250,000 | 0.3% |
| Eastern Europe and Central Asia | 1.3 million – 1.7 million | 90,000 | 0.9% |
| Latin America | 1.2 million – 1.7 million | 67,000 | 0.4% |
| North America | 1.0 million – 1.9 million | 20,000 | 0.6% |
| East Asia | 580,000 – 1.1 million | 56,000 | 0.1% |
| Western and Central Europe | 770,000 – 930,000 | 9,900 | 0.2% |
Source: UNAIDS World Aids Day Report 2011. The ranges define the boundaries within which the actual numbers lie, based on the best available information.
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