HIV: the facts

Worldwide, approximately one in every 100 adults aged 15 to 49 is HIV-infected. (UNAIDS: Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, December, 1998)

Approximately 43 percent of the 32.2 million adults living with HIV/AIDS worldwide are women; this proportion is growing. (UNAIDS: Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, December, 1998)

Worldwide, more than 75 percent of all adult HIV infections have resulted from heterosexual intercourse. (Quinn T. Global burden of the HIV pandemic. Lancet 1996;348:99-106)

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