Regional HIV/AIDS Statistics and Features, End of 2000

From UNAIDS

December 2000

Region	Epidemic started	Adults & children living with HIV/AIDS	Adults & children newly infected with HIV	*Adult prevalence rate ()**	% of HIV- positive adults who are women	Main mode(s) of transmission (+) for adults living with HIV/AIDS
Sub- Saharan Africa	late '70s - early '80s	25.3 million	3.8 million	8.8%	55%	Hetero
North Africa & Middle East	late '80s	400,000	80,000	0.2%	40%	Hetero, IDU
South & South-East Asia	late '80s	5.8 million	780,000	0.56%	35%	Hetero, IDU
East Asia & Pacific	late '80s	640,000	130,000	0.07%	13%	IDU, hetero, MSM
Latin America	late '70s - early '80s	1.4 million	150,000	0.5%	25%	MSM, IDU, hetero
Caribbean	late '70s - early '80s	390,000	60,000	2.3%	35%	Hetero, MSM
Eastern Europe & Central Asia	early '90s	700,000	250,000	0.35%	25%	IDU
Western Europe	late '70s - early '80s	540,000	30,000	0.24%	25%	MSM, IDU
North America	late '70s - early '80s	920,000	45,000	0.6%	20%	MSM, IDU, hetero
Australia & New Zealand	late '70s - early '80s	15,000	500	0.13%	10%	MSM
TOTAL		36.1 million	5.3 million	1.1%	47%

* The proportion of adults (15 to 49 years of age) living with HIV/AIDS in 2000, using 2000 population numbers.

+ Hetero (heterosexual transmission), IDU (transmission through injecting drug use), MSM (sexual transmission among men who have sex with men).

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This article was provided by UNAIDS. It is a part of the publication AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2000.

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