HIV FACTS

* 3.1 million people lost their lives in 2005.

* 4.9 million people were newly infected with HIV in 2005.

* 40.3 million people around the world are living with AIDS/HIV in 2005.

* Approximately 11 of every 1,000 adults (ages 15 to 49) are HIV infected.

* 25 million children will be orphans by 2010 because of AIDS.

* Over 27 million people have died since the first AIDS case was identified in 1980.

* In 2000, the rate of reported AIDS cases among African Americans was eight times the rate for whites.

* African Americans represent 12% of the U.S. population, yet make up more than half of new HIV infections.

* In 2000, almost two-thirds of all women reported with AIDS were African American.

* African American children make up two-thirds of new pediatric AIDS cases.

* Every hour, two teenagers are infected with HIV.

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