
		Home

		About WHO

		Countries

		Health topics

		Publications

		Data and statistics

		Programmes and projects
		HIV/AIDS

		Topics

		HIV/AIDS publications

		HIV/AIDS data and statistics

		Regions and countries

		Media centre

		AIDS medicines and diagnostics service

		About us


	HIV/AIDS


	WHO > Programmes and projects > HIV/AIDS > HIV/AIDS publications

printable version

AIDS epidemic update: December 2002

ISBN 92 9173 253 2

The annual AIDS epidemic update reports on the latest developments in the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. With maps and regional summaries, the 2002 edition provides the most recent estimates of the epidemic's scope and human toll, explores new trends in the epidemic's evolution, and features a special section examining the links between HIV/AIDS and humanitarian crises.

Summary

There are 42 million people living with HIV/AIDS world-wide. 38.6 million of these are adults, 19.2 million are women and 3.2 million are children under the age of 15. Five million new infections with HIV occured in 2002 of which 4.2 million were adults and 2 million of them were women. A total of 3.1 million people died of HIV/AIDS related causes in 2002.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest number of HIV positive individuals (29.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS) followed by South and South-East Asia (6 million). In North America there are 980,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, 570,000 in Western Europe and 1.2 million in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The number of HIV positive individuals in Australia and New Zealand has remained constant since 2001 (15,000 people). In Latin America and the Caribbean the figure is 1.5 million and 440,000 respectively. East Asia and the Pacific have 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS. North Africa and the Middle East have 550,000 people living with HIV/AIDS.

Figures

Power Point Presentation (11 slides) [ppt 198kb]
Figure 1 [jpg 73kb]
Global Summary of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, December 2002
Figure 2 [jpg 165kb]
Regional HIV/AIDS Statistics and Features, End of 2002
Figure 3 [jpg 22kb]
Global Estimates for Adults and Children, End of 2002
Figure 4 [jpg 34kb]
Adults and Children Estimated to be Living with HIV/AIDS as of End 2002
Figure 5 [jpg 36kb]
Estimated Number of Adults and Children Newly Infected with HIV during 2002
Figure 6 [jpg 34kb]
Estimated adult and child deaths from HIV/AIDS during 2002
Figure 7 [jpg 33kb]
Children (<15 Years) estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS as of end 2002
Figure 8 [jpg 33kb]
Estimated deaths in children (<15 Years) from HIV/AIDS during 2002
Figure 9 [jpg 116kb]
Estimated number of children (<15 Years) newly infected with HIV during 2002
Figure 10 [jpg 24kb]
About 14 000 new HIV infections a day in 2002
Figure 11 [jpg 23kb]
End-2002 global HIV/AIDS estimates children (<15 Years)