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I would think the numbers to be highly exagerated, i think maybe they are just useing the numbers in the high risk group.
these numbers cannot possibly be the total population, check the CDC web site to get the real facts.

I think there is no country in the world so terribly infected other than Africa, mainly because of poverty and the lack of education, here in the US we pay about $.75 cents for a condom, in Africa this same condom cost more than a person in the inflicted areas may make in a week, not many going to pay for a condom verses a weeks worth of rum or ganja.

It is a terrible thing to have such a nasty disease in the world that prays upon the lust of men to multiply.

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this did not post correctly go here to view the stats
http://www.avert.org/worldstats.htm


Global HIV/AIDS estimates, end of 2008
The latest statistics of the global HIV and AIDS were published by UNAIDS in November 2009, and refer to the end of 2008.


Estimate Range
People living with HIV/AIDS in 2008 33.4 million 31.1-35.8 million
Adults living with HIV/AIDS in 2008 31.3 million 29.2-33.7 million
Women living with HIV/AIDS in 2008 15.7 million 14.2-17.2 million
Children living with HIV/AIDS in 2008 2.1 million 1.2-2.9 million
People newly infected with HIV in 2008 2.7 million 2.4-3.0 million
Children newly infected with HIV in 2008 0.43 million 0.24-0.61 million
AIDS deaths in 2008 2.0 million 1.7-2.4 million
Child AIDS deaths in 2008 0.28 million 0.15-0.41 million

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

Africa has over 14 million AIDS orphans.

At the end of 2008, women accounted for 50% of all adults living with HIV worldwide

In developing and transitional countries, 9.5 million people are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs; of these, only 4 million (42%) are receiving the drugs.

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In the majority of South American countries, injecting drug use and sex between men are the most important routes of HIV transmission. The virus is then passed on to other sexual partners. In Central America, drug use plays a smaller role and most infections appear to be occurring through sexual transmission (both heterosexual and between men).

Unsafe sex among men who have sex with men (MSM) is common across the whole region. HIV prevalence rates among these men are between 8% and 26%. Nearly 60% of the HIV diagnoses to date, in Mexico can be attributed to unprotected sex between men. Studies in the Andean region have further highlighted the problem. HIV prevalence among MSM in Lima, Peru had been as much as 22%, but now is half that figure. Neighbouring Bolivia, however still has a HIV prevalence around 20% in MSM. In Lima sex between men is widespread; a tenth of men said they had sex with other men and of these, 9 out of 10 said they also had sex with women.

It is estimated that approximately 25% to 33% of men who have sex with men in Central America (not including Panama) also have sex with women. A high proportion of MSM who have sex with women do so without a condom, contributing to the increasing numbers of women becoming infected. A 2006 study showed that condom use among male sex workers in Latin America, particularly in Ecuador and Peru, was not adhered to as consistently as in female sex workers. However Colombia reports approximately 90% of sex workers, both genders, used condoms regularly in 2007.

The spread of HIV through the sharing of drug injecting equipment is still a feature of the epidemic in Latin America, notably in the capitals of Paraguay and Uruguay. However regionally IDU’s appear to account for a smaller number of new infections than shown previously. In Buenos Aires, Argentina IDUs accounted for only 5% of new infections and this decline is mirrored also in some cities in Brazil.

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General statistics and prevalence in the caribbean
At the end of 2008, an estimated 240,000 people were living with HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean. Some 20,000 people were newly infected during 2008, and there were 12,000 deaths due to AIDS.

In two countries in this region - the Bahamas and Haiti - more than 2% of the adult population is living with HIV. Higher prevalence rates are found only in sub-Saharan Africa, making the Caribbean the second-most affected region in the world. Half of adults living with the virus are women.

AIDS is now one of the leading causes of death in some of these countries, with Haiti being the worst affected. An estimated 7,500 lives are lost each year to AIDS in Haiti, and thousands of children have been orphaned by the epidemic.


Trends and transmission routes
Overall, the main route of HIV transmission in the Caribbean is heterosexual sex. Much of this transmission is associated with commercial sex, but the virus is also spreading in the general population, especially in Haiti. Sex between men is also a major factor in some countries' epidemics. Cultural and behavioural patterns (such as early initiation of sexual acts, and taboos related to sex and sexuality), gender inequalities, lack of confidentiality, stigmatization and economic need are some of the factors influencing vulnerability to HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean.

Haiti's HIV prevalence levels have been very high since the late 1980s. Although the rate among pregnant women fell between 1996 and 2004, it has since remained stable. With very low condom use among young people, and about 60% of the population under 24, much scope exists for renewed growth in Haiti's mainly heterosexually-transmitted epidemic. On the other side of Hispaniola Island, in the Dominican Republic, HIV prevalence declined slightly between 2002 and 2007, possibly because of prevention efforts that encouraged people to have fewer sexual partners and increase condom use.



Haiti with 120,000 inflicted dead as a result 7,500
Jamaica with 27,000 1,400
Dominican republic with 62,000 3,900

again this site is very useful and has current data http://www.avert.org/caribbean.htm