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World AIDS Day by the Numbers

36.7 – Estimated number of people, in millions, around the world living with HIV

1.8 – Estimated number who are children, in millions

30+ – Number of FDA-approved antiretroviral drugs for treating HIV

18.2 – Estimated number of HIV-infected persons worldwide, in millions, receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART)

380,000 – Lifetime treatment cost, in dollars, for an HIV infection

96 – Percentage reduction in likelihood of HIV transmission via sex from HIV-positive person on ART to HIV-negative partner

90 – Percentage chance of avoiding HIV by taking PrEP, a daily prescription antiretroviral

30 – Percentage of persons globally who do not know they are infected by HIV

13 – Percentage in the U.S.

78 – Estimated number of people, in millions, around the world who have become infected with HIV since the start of the epidemic in 1981

35 – Estimated number who have died of AIDS-related illnesses worldwide, in millions

675,000 – Estimated number of people in U.S. who have died

13,000 – Number of Americans who die from AIDS-related causes each year

1.8 million – Estimated number around the world of new HIV infections in 2016, down from 2.1 million in 2015 and a 16 percent decrease since 2010

1 million – Number of people around the world who died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2016

80 – Percentage chance that a girl growing up in Swaziland, Africa will die due to HIV-related causes

1.2 million – Number of Americans currently living with HIV

9.5 – Someone in US is diagnosed with HIV, in minutes

1 in 7 – Ratio of those infected who do not know they are infected

44 – Percentage of adolescent and young adults in US, age 13-24, who do not know they are infected with HIV

23 – Percentage of persons in U.S. with HIV who are simultaneously diagnosed with AIDS

52 – Percentage of new HIV diagnoses in 2015 nationwide based in South, followed by Northeast, West and Midwest, all 18 percent or less

7 – Number of US states with rates of HIV diagnoses equal or above 20 per 100,000 people: Nevada, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and Maryland

1 in 49 – Lifetime risk of HIV diagnosis in Maryland, the highest risk among states (Washington, DC has a 1 in 13 lifetime risk)

1 in 670 – Lifetime risk of HIV diagnosis in North Dakota, the lowest

1 in 99 – Average lifetime risk nationwide

3 – Average length of survival, in years, after a diagnosis of AIDS without treatment

77 – Average life expectancy of a 20-year-old man diagnosed with HIV who receives treatment

78.7 – Average life expectancy of an American male

200 – Number of CD4 cells (a type of immune cell) per cubic millimeter of blood under which a person is considered to have advanced to AIDS

788 million – Federal funding, in dollars, for domestic HIV/AIDS research and prevention in U.S. in 2017

0.71 per 100 – In charitable donations, in dollars, made by U.S. foundations and corporations to HIV/AIDS causes in 2017

549 million – Annual giving to HIV/AIDS programs by private citizens in U.S.

Sources: UNAIDS; Centers for Disease Control; AMFAR; World Health Organization; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; WalletHub; U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; Funders Concerned About AIDS; Kaiser Family Foundation

Pictured: A colorized scanning electron micrograph of an HIV-infected human T cell. Image courtesy of NIH.

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