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Global estimates
| Last updated: 18.06.04 |
As of December 2002, an estimated 42 million people are living with HIV/AIDS. These include 3.2 million children under fifteen years of age and 19.2 million women.
A total of 5 million people are thought to have been newly infected with HIV during 2002, 800,000 of whom were children aged under 15 years. 2 million of the 4.2 million adults infected were women.
The total number of AIDS deaths in 2002 was 3.1 million. 2.5 million adults died of AIDS in 2002 and almost half (1.2 million) were women. 610,000 children under the age of 15 died of AIDS in 2002.
About 14,000 new HIV infections occurred every day in 2002. 95% of them were in the developing world. 2,000 infections occurred in children under 15 years of age. Of the 12,000 new infections occurring each day in people aged 15-49, 50% are in women and 50% are in people aged 15-24.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 21 million people have died of AIDS.
Further reading
"AIDS epidemic update”, December 2001. UNAIDS
AIDS epidemic update, December 2002. UNAIDS