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The Stats

Global Statistics

• There are currently an estimated 33.2 million people living with HIV worldwide
  
  
• 5 people die of AIDS every minute. 7,200 people die of AIDS every single day
  
  
• More than 25 million people have died of AIDS globally since 1981
  
  
• More than half of all new HIV infections around the world occur among those under the age of 25. The majority of these young people are between the ages of 15-24
  
  
• Sub-Saharan Africa is the worst affected region in the world with an estimated 22.5 million people living with HIV and AIDS
  
  
• 12 million children have been orphaned by AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
  
  
  UK Statistics
  
  
• An estimated 73,000 adults are living with HIV in the UK
  
  
• One third of all people living with HIV in the UK are unaware of their infection
  
  
• In 2006 there were 7,800 new diagnoses of HIV
  
  
• More than 17,500 people with HIV have died since the early 1980's
  
  
  
  

The Facts