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Quick Facts
Global
- 33 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS in 2007.
- 2.7 million people newly infected with HIV in 2007.
- 2 million deaths due to HIV/AIDS in 2007.
- More than 95 percent of these infections and deaths occurred in developing countries that are already overburdened by societal challenges, such as nutrition, poverty, and health care.
Domestic
- The U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic began in 1981 and continues to disproportionately affect minorities, men who have sex with men of all races, women and youth.
- More than 1 million people in the U.S. currently are living with HIV/AIDS.
- 21 percent of those infected with HIV are unaware of their infection.
- Since the U.S. epidemic began, 565,927 people have died of AIDS.
- In 2006, there were approximately 53,600 new HIV infections, with the highest proportion among African Americans despite the fact that they make up only 12 percent of the U.S. population.
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