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- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that
850,000 to 950,000 U.S. residents are living with HIV infection, one-quarter
of whom are unaware of their infection.(2)
- Approximately 40,000 new HIV infections occur each year in the United
States, about 70 percent among men and 30 percent among women. Of
these newly infected people, half are younger than 25 years of age.(3,4)
- Of new infections among men in the United States, CDC estimates
that approximately 60 percent of men were infected through homosexual
sex, 25 percent through injection drug use, and 15 percent through
heterosexual sex. Of newly infected men, approximately 50 percent
are black, 30 percent are white, 20 percent are Hispanic, and a small
percentage are members of other racial/ethnic groups.(4)
- Of new infections among women in the United States, CDC estimates
that approximately 75 percent of women were infected through heterosexual
sex and 25 percent through injection drug use. Of newly infected women,
approximately 64 percent are black, 18 percent are white, 18 percent
are Hispanic, and a small percentage are members of other racial/ethnic
groups.(4)
- The estimated number of AIDS diagnoses through 2002 in the United
States is 886,575. Adult and adolescent AIDS cases total 877,275,
with 718,002 cases in males and 159,271 cases in females. Through
the same time period, 9,300 AIDS cases were estimated in children
under age 13.(5)
- The estimated number of new adult/adolescent AIDS diagnoses in the
United States was 43,225 in 1998, 41,134 in 1999, 42,239 in 2000,
41,227 in 2001, and 42,136 in 2002.(5)
- The estimated number of new pediatric AIDS cases (cases among individuals
younger than age 13) in the United States fell from 952 in 1992 to
92 in 2002.(5)
- The estimated rate of adult/adolescent AIDS diagnoses in the United
States in 2002 (per 100,000 population) was 76.4 among blacks, 26.0
among Hispanics, 11.2 among American Indians/Alaska Natives, 7.0 among
whites, and 4.9 among Asians/Pacific Islanders.(5)
- From 1985 to 2002, the proportion of adult/adolescent AIDS cases
in the United States reported in women increased from 7 percent to
26 percent.(5)
- As of the end of 2002, an estimated 384,906 people in the United
States were living with AIDS.(5)
- As of December 31, 2002, an estimated 501,669 people with AIDS in
the United States had died.(5)
- The estimated annual number of AIDS-related deaths in the United
States fell approximately 14 percent from 1998 to 2002, from 19,005
deaths in 1998 to 16,371 deaths in 2002.(5)
- Of the estimated 16,371 AIDS-related deaths in the United States
in 2002, approximately 52 percent were among blacks, 28 percent among
whites, 19 percent among Hispanics, and less than 1 percent among
Asians/Pacific Islanders and American Indians/Alaska Natives.(5)
- As of the end of 2003, an estimated 40 million people worldwide
- 37 million adults and 2.5 million children younger than 15 years
- were living with HIV/AIDS. Approximately two-thirds of these people
(26.6 million) live in Sub-Saharan Africa; another 18 percent (7.4
million) live in Asia and the Pacific.(1)
- Worldwide, approximately 11 of every 1000 adults aged 15 to 49 are
HIV-infected. In Sub-Saharan Africa, about 8 percent of all adults
in this age group are HIV-infected. (1)
- An estimated 5 million new HIV infections occurred worldwide during
2003; that is, about 14,000 infections each day. More than 95 percent
of these new infections occurred in developing countries, and nearly
50 percent were among females.(1)
- In 2003, approximately 2,000 children under the age of 15 years,
and 6,000 young people aged 15 to 24 years became infected with HIV
every day.(1)
- In 2003 alone, HIV/AIDS-associated illnesses caused the deaths of
approximately 3 million people worldwide, including an estimated 500,000
children younger than 15 years.(1)
- Sexually transmitted diseases are diagnosed 12 million times
a year in the United States - including a staggering 3 million
cases among teen-agers.
- The U.S. spends just $1 to prevent sexually transmitted illnesses for
every $43 spent treating them.
- Left untreated, sexually transmitted diseases can cause infertility,
cancer, birth defects and miscarriages, even death. And Americans suffer
10 to 50 times more sexually transmitted diseases than people in
other developed countries.
- One in 10 Americans cannot even name a sexually transmitted disease,
and only 23 percent know about chlamydia, the most common sexual disease,
striking an estimated 4 million Americans a year.
- Gonorrhea strikes 150 times per 100,000 Americans, vs. just three
times per 100,000 people in Sweden and 18 per 100,000 in Canada.
- One in four women has human papilloma virus, an infection that makes
them 10 times more likely to develop cervical cancer.
- Surveys indicate one in 50 Americans is aware of having genital
herpes, yet one in five really does.
- Two-thirds of people with sexually transmitted diseases become
infected before age 25.
- Worldwide, there were at least 333,000,000 new cases of curable
sexually transmitted diseases in 1995.
- There is strong evidence that sexually transmitted diseases greatly
increase the risk of sexual transmission of HIV.
- Only 13 percent of Americans surveyed said they practice safer sex by
using a condom every time. (Durex Global AIDS Survey, November 29, 1997)
- Globally, 81 percent of French respondents and 79 percent of Mexican
respondents are worried about becoming infected with HIV/AIDS, making their
citizens the two most concerned nationalities. However, the French
are more inclined to consistently practice safer sex. Twenty-six
percent indicated that they use a condom during every sexual encounter,
compared to just 11 percent of Mexicans who do the same. (Durex Global
AIDS Survey, November 29, 1997)
- In one recent U.S. study* about one-half of the sexually experienced
teenagers had failed to use a condom the last time they had intercourse.
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