An estimated 1,700 people will become infected with HIV this year.
In California...
Approximately 86,120 have died of AIDS since the epidemic began in 1981.
151,000 currently live with HIV/AIDS.
In the United States...
Every 9 ½ minutes, someone is infected with HIV.
In the World….
More than 50% of those living with HIV are women, and women’s share of the infection is increasing in several countries.
Data Sources:
Joint United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); California Department of Public Health; San Francisco Department of Public Health; Los Angeles Department of Public Health; California HIV/AIDS Research Program; the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; and Buchacz, et al (2005).
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