(ESTIMATES AIDS AND TRENDS) 2004
HIV INFECTIONS: 35 X 106 IN 2001 38 X 106 IN 2003 5 X 106 INFECTED IN 2003 EPIDEMIC CONTINUES TO GROW DUE TO NEW INFECTIONS ASIA WITH 60% OF WORLD POPULATION IS NOW HOME TO SOME OF THE FASTEST GROWING AIDS EPIDEMIC BY 2003, 7.4 X 106 PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV COMPARED WITH 6.6 X 106 IN 2001 SHARP INCREASES IN: CHINA 50% of ASIA'S VIETNAM POPULATION INDONESIA
}
AFRICA 2003 25 X 106 IN SUB-SAHARAN LIVING AFRICA WITH HIV 2001 24 X 106 OF THE 3 MILLION AIDS DEATHS GLOBALLY, 2.2 X 106 (75%) WERE IS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
NORTH AMERICA
2003 - 950,000 LIVING WITH AIDS 2001 1,000,000 LIVING WITH AIDS DECLINE
EUROPE
2003 580,000 LIVING WITH AIDS INCR...