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Global Estimates of Cumulative HIV/AIDS Infections
and Deaths Worldwide, 1980–99  

 

Year
HIV Infection
(millions)
AIDS Deaths
(millions)
1980 0.1 0.0
1981 0.3 0.0
1982 0.7 0.0
1983 1.2 0.0
1984 1.7 0.1
1985 2.4 0.2
1986 3.4 0.3
1987 4.5 0.5
1988 5.9 0.8
1989 7.8 1.2
1990 10.0 1.7
1991 12.8 2.4
1992 16.1 3.3
1993 19.7 4.4
1994 23.8 5.7
1995 28.3 7.3
1996 33.5 9.2
1997 38.9 11.3
1998 44.1 13.7
1999 49.9 16.3
     

Compiled by Worldwatch Institute from communication with Neff Walker, Geneva, 20 March 2000.See Worldwatch publication Vital Signs 2000 for further information.   

 


 

Countries Where HIV Infection Rate Among Adults
Is Greater Than Ten Percent
  
Country  Population
(millions)
Share of Adult Population Infected
(percent)
Botswana
2
36
Swaziland
1
25
Zimbabwe
12
25
Lesotho
2
24
South Africa
40
20
Zambia
9
20
Namibia
2
20
Malawi
11
16
Kenya
30
14
Central African Rep.
4
14
Mozambique
19
13
Cote d'Ivoire
14
12
Djibouti
1
12
Burundi
7
11
Rwanda
7
11
Ethiopia
61
11
     

Source: UNAIDS, 2000.  

 


 

 

HIV/AIDS Prevalence Rate in Selected Countries
Outside of Africa
  
Country 

 Population
(millions)

Share of Adult Population Infected
(percent)

Haiti
8
5.2
Bahamas
0.3
4.1
Cambodia
11
4.0
Guyana
0.9
3.0
Dominican Republic
8
2.8
Thailand
61
2.2
Belize
0.2
2.0
Myanmar
45
2.0
Honduras
6
1.9
Panama
3
1.5
Guatemala
11
1.4
Suriname
0.4
1.3
Barbados
0.3
1.2
Trinidad and Tobago
1
1.1
Sudan
29
1.0
Ukraine
51
1.0
Portugal
9.9
0.7
India
998
0.7
Argentina
37
0.7
USA
276
0.6
El Salvador
6
0.6
Brazil
168
0.6
Costa Rica
4
0.5
     

Source: UNAIDS, 2000.  

 


 

Primary Schoolchildren
Who Lost a Teacher to AIDS, 1999
 
Country Number of Children
South Africa 100,000
Kenya 95,000
Zimbabwe 86,000
Nigeria 85,000
Uganda 81,000
Zambia 56,000
Malawi 52,000
Ethiopia 51,000
Tanzania 49,000
Congo, Dem. Rep. 27,000
   

Source: UNAIDS, UNICEF, 2000 

 

 

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