HIV Prevalence/Incidence Estimate
Since 1981, more than 980,000 cases of AIDS have been reported in the United States to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the CDC, more than 1,000,000 Americans may be infected with HIV, one-quarter of whom are unaware of their infection. An estimated 33.3 million people worldwide are infected with HIV. More than 2 million people die from it each year. 2.6 million people were newly infected in 2009 according to the World Health Organization/UNAIDS. In 2009 there were approximately 1.8 million deaths from AIDS. Most people with HIV live in developing countries. The epidemic is growing most rapidly among minority populations and is a leading killer of African-American males ages 25 to 44. According to the CDC, AIDS affects nearly seven times more African Americans and three times more Hispanics than whites. In recent years, an increasing number of African-American women and children are being affected by HIV/AIDS. (National Institute of Health)
New treatments are helping people with HIV live longer. But about a quarter of all people with HIV do not know that they have it. About 550,000 people die from HIV-related conditions each year in the United States.
The number of people living with AIDS is increasing, as effective new drug therapies keep HIV-infected persons healthy longer and dramatically reduce the death rate. The Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) programs work to improve treatment, care and support for persons living with HIV/AIDS and to build capacity and infrastructure to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States and around the world. From 2006 to 2009 the estimated number of people living with HIV increased 8.2%.
In 2010 our nation's primary concern was to control and end the HIV epidemic in 2011. President Obama initiated major policy shifts affecting HIV prevention.
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