Regional HIV/AIDS Statistics and Features,
end of 2002
Epidemic
started
•Sub-Saharan Africa
•
•
•North Africa & Middle East
•
•
•South and South-East Asia
•
•
•East Asia & Pacific
•
•
•Latin America
•
•
•Caribbean
•
•
•
•Eastern Europe & Central Asia
•
•
•Western Europe
•
•
•North America
•
•
•Australia & New Zealand
late ’70s
early ’80s
late ’80s
late ’80s
late ’80s
late ’70s
early ’80s
late ’70s
early ’80s
early ’90s
late ’70s
early ’80s
late ’70s
early ’80s
late ’70s
early ’80s
29.4  million
550 000
6.0  million
 
1.2 million
1.5 million
440 000
 
1.2 million
570 000
980 000
15 000
8.8%
0.3%
0.6%
0.1%
   0.6%
 2.4%
0.6%
0.3%
0.6%
0.1%
58%
55%
36%
24%
 
30%
50%
 
27%
25%
20%
7%
Hetero
Hetero, IDU
Hetero, IDU
IDU, Hetero, MSM
MSM, IDU, Hetero
Hetero, MSM
IDU
MSM, IDU
MSM, IDU, Hetero
MSM
Adults & children
living with HIV/AIDS
Adult prevalence
rate *
% of HIV-positive adults who are  women
Main mode(s) of transmission for those living with HIV/AIDS **
Adults & children newly  infected
with HIV
3.5  million
83 000
700 000
270 000
150 000
60 000
 
250 000
30 000
45 000
500
Epidemic
started