Quick Facts
Global
- 33.3 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS in 2009
- 2.6 million people newly infected with HIV in 2009
- 1.8 million deaths due to HIV/AIDS in 2009
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 United States currently are living with HIV/AIDS.
- About 21 percent of those infected with HIV are unaware of their infection.
- Since the U.S. epidemic began, 641,976 people with AIDS have died.
- In 2010, there were approximately 47,500 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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