Statistics that everyone should be aware of 

• June 2006 India overtakes Africa as highest level of AIDS infections. The UN report on the progress of the global epidemic estimates that 5.7 million Indians were infected at the end of last year, compared with an estimated 5.5 million South Africans.
• The UNAIDS organisation says more than 25 million people have died from AIDS since it was identified in the early 1980s. However, the total number of infected people has been revised down from 40 million to 38.6 million.
• In the Caribbean, the world's second most affected region, AIDS is the region's main cause of death in people aged 15 to 44.

Estimates of the global HIV & AIDS epidemic at the end of 2005

• People living with HIV/AIDS in 2005 38.6 million
• Adults living with HIV/AIDS in 2005 36.3 million 
• Women living with HIV/AIDS in 2005 17.3 million 
• Children living with HIV/AIDS in 2005 2.3 million 
• People newly infected with HIV in 2005 4.1 million 
• AIDS deaths in 2005 2.8 million

More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981.

Africa has 12 million AIDS orphans.

By the end of 2005, women accounted for 48% of all adults living with HIV worldwide, and for 59% in sub-Saharan Africa.

Young people (15-24 years old) account for half of all new HIV infections worldwide - around 6,000 become infected with HIV every day.

Of the 6.5 million people in developing and transitional countries who need life-saving AIDS drugs, only 1.3 million are receiving them.

It is estimated that ONE out of every 100 men in the U.S. is HIV positive.  [Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)]

The United States has the highest reported rate of AIDS in the industrialized world. (American Association for World Health)

In the United States there is one AIDS related death every 15 minutes, and someone is infected with HIV every 13 minutes.  (CDC)

80% of Americans infected with HIV do not even know they are infected.

In New York City, 1 in every 30 adults is infected with HIV. (Gay Men's Health Crisis)

1 out of every 20 Americans will get a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) this year. 1 out of 5 already has one. Thousands of infants die or suffer birth defects each year because of STD infections they get from their mother during pregnancy or birth. Please Practice safe sex. If not for you, do it for the children. Use Condom Protection

Of the more than 12 million sexually transmitted diseases communicated in the United States every year, more than 40% of them are Chlamydia.

AIDS is the worlds fastest spreading epidemic. 6000 people are infected each day. "Save Your Soul, Rip n Roll "

By the year 2004 the estimated cumulative number of people infected with HIV around the world will be 40 - 50 MILLION.

Research indicates that only 30 to 60 percent of men who claim to be using condom Protection for contraception actually use them for every act of intercourse. It’s time for us all to get serious about the future. Always use Condom Protection!

Sources:
UNAIDS/WHO 2006 Report on the global AIDS epidemic