AIDS affects us all


25 million people have died worldwide since the epidemic began in 1981

33.4 million people are presently living with HIV/AIDS

2 million people died of AIDS last year

2.7 million new cases of AIDS were diagnosed in the past year of which 430,000 were in children younger than 15

HIV is the number one killer of women less than 44 years old worldwide

21% of people infected with HIV/AIDS don’t know they are infected

600,000 people have died from HIV/AIDS in the United States

2.1 million children are living with HIV/AIDS

New York has the highest number of women living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S.

 

Concerned Parents for AIDS Research