HIV Statistics
People living with HIV:
- More than 73,000 people living with HIV in the UK
- One in three people with HIV are undiagnosed
- One in every 450 pregnant women in the UK is HIV positive
New HIV cases in 2006:
- 7,800 new diagnoses in the UK in 2006
- 2,700 new diagnoses among men who have sex with men
- 3,910 new diagnoses among people from black and minority ethnic communities
All figures from the Health Protection Agency report: Testing Times: HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections in the UK 2007.
International Statistics
People living with HIV:
- 33.2 million people living with HIV worldwide
- 30.8 million adults
- 15.4 million women
- 2.5 million children under 15
New HIV cases in 2007:
- 2.5 million total new cases
- 2.1 million adults
- 420,000 children under 15
HIV-related deaths in 2007:
- 2.1 million total deaths
- 1.7 million adult deaths
- 330,000 deaths among children under 15
All figures from UNAIDS AIDS Epidemic Update 2007.
