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World estimates of the HIV & AIDS epidemics at the end of 2004

Number of people living with HIV/AIDS in 2004 Estimate* Range* Total 39.4 35.9-44.3 Adults 37.2 33.8-41.7 Women 17.6 16.3-19.5 Children 15 2.2 2.0-2.6 People newly infected with HIV in 2004 Estimate* Range* Total 4.9 4.3-6.4 Adults 4.3 3.7-5.7 Children 15 0.64 0.57-0.75 AIDS deaths in 2004 Estimate* Range* Total 3.1 2.8-3.5 Adults 2.6 2.3-2.9 Children 15 0.51 0.46-0.60

* millions

Total number of AIDS deaths between 1981 and the end of 2003: 20 million.

Number of children orphaned by AIDS living in Sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2003: 12 million.

By December 2004 women accounted for 47% of all people living with HIV worldwide, and for 57% in sub-Saharan Africa.

In 2003, young people (15-24 years old) accounted for half of all new HIV infections worldwide, more than 6,000 became infected with HIV every day.

An estimated five million people in low and middle income countries do not have the AIDS drugs which could save their lives.