Global Summary of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

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Global Summary of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

December 2000

People newly infected with HIV in 2000	Total	5.3 million
	Adults	4.7 million
	Women	2.2 million
	Children <15 years	600,000
Number of people living with HIV/AIDS	Total	36.1 million
	Adults	34.7 million
	Women	16.4 million
	Children <15 years	1.4 million
AIDS deaths in 2000	Total	3 million
	Adults	2.5 million
	Women	1.3 million
	Children <15 years	500,000
Total number of AIDS deaths since the beginning of the epidemic	Total	21.8 million
	Adults	17.5 million
	Women	9 million
	Children <15 years	4.3 million

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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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