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HIV/AIDS STATISTICS IN SUB - SAHARAN AFRICA

UNAIDS – AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

http://data.unaids.org/pub/EpiReport/2006/04-Sub_Saharan_Africa_2006_EpiUpdate_eng.pdf

An estimated 24.5 million adults and childrenwere living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2005

During that year, an estimated 2 million people died from AIDS. The epidemic has left behind some 12 million orphaned African children.

The estimated number of adults and children living with HIV/AIDS, the number of deaths from AIDS, and the number of living orphans in individual countries in sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2005 are shown below.

Country

People living with HIV

Adult (15-49) rate %

Women

Children

AIDS deaths

Orphans
due to AIDS

Angola

320,000

3.7

170,000

35,000

30,000

160,000

Benin

87,000

1.8

45,000

9,800

9,600

62,000

Botswana

270,000

24.1

140,000

14,000

18,000

120,000

Burkina Faso

150,000

2.0

80,000

17,000

12,000

120,000

Burundi

150,000

3.3

79,000

20,000

13,000

120,000

Cameroon

510,000

5.4

290,000

43,000

46,000

240,000

Central African Republic

250,000

10.7

130,000

24,000

24,000

140,000

Chad

180,000

3.5

90,000

16,000

11,000

57,000

Comoros

<500

<0.1

<100

<100

<100

-

Congo

120,000

5.3

61,000

15,000

11,000

110,000

Côte d'Ivoire

750,000

7.1

400,000

74,000

65,000

450,000

Dem. Republic of Congo

1,000,000

3.2

520,000

120,000

90,000

680,000

Djibouti

15,000

3.1

8,400

1,200

1,200

5,700

Equatorial Guinea

8,900

3.2

4,700

<1,000

<1,000

4,600

Eritrea

59,000

2.4

31,000

6,600

5,600

36,000

Ethiopia

420,000-
1,300,000

0.9-
3.5

190,000-
730,000

30,000-
220,000

38,000-
130,000

280,000-
870,000

Gabon

60,000

7.9

33,000 

3,900

4,700

20,000

Gambia

20,000

2.4

11,000

1,200

1,300

3,800

Ghana

320,000

2.3

180,000

25,000

29,000

170,000

Guinea

85,000

1.5

53,000

7,000

7,100

28,000

Guinea-Bissau

32,000

3.8

17,000

3,200

2,700

11,000

Kenya

1,300,000

6.1

740,000

150,000

140,000

1,100,000

Lesotho

270,000

23.2

150,000

18,000

23,000

97,000

Liberia*

-

2.0-5.0

-

-

-

-

Madagascar

49,000

0.5

13,000

1,600

2,900

13,000

Malawi

940,000

14.1

500,000

91,000

78,000

550,000

Mali

130,000

1.7

66,000

16,000

11,000

94,000

Mauritania

12,000

0.7

6,300

1,100

<1,000

6,900

Mauritius

4,100

0.6

<1,000

-

<100

-

Mozambique

1,800,000

16.1

960,000

140,000

140,000

510,000

Namibia

230,000

19.6

130,000

17,000

17,000

85,000

Niger

79,000

1.1

42,000

8,900

7,600

46,000

Nigeria

2,900,000

3.9

1,600,000

240,000

220,000

930,000

Rwanda

190,000

3.1

91,000

27,000

21,000

210,000

Senegal

61,000

0.9

33,000

5,000

5,200

25,000

Sierra Leone

48,000

1.6

26,000

5,200

4,600

31,000

Somalia

44,000

0.9

23,000

4,500

4,100

23,000

South Africa

5,500,000

18.8

3,100,000

240,000

320,000

1,200,000

Swaziland

220,000

33.4

120,000

15,000

16,000

63,000

Togo

110,000

3.2

61,000

9,700

9,100

88,000

Uganda

1,000,000

6.7

520,000

110,000

91,000

1,000,000

United Rep. Of Tanzania

1,400,000

6.5

710,000

110,000

140,000

1,100,000

Zambia

1,100,000

17.0

570,000

130,000

98,000

710,000

Zimbabwe

1,700,000

20.1

890,000

160,000

180,000

1,100,000

Total sub-Saharan Africa

24,500,000

6.1

13,200,000

2,000,000

2,000,000

12,000,000

*Insufficient data available for Liberia


 

Source: UNAIDS/WHO 2006 Report on the global AIDS epidemic