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HIV and AIDS Statistics
- Number of people living with HIV in the world today: 33 million
SOURCE: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). 2007 AIDS Epidemic Update: Global Summary.
- Number of people under age 25 who become HIV-positive every minute: 4
SOURCE: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update: Introduction.
- Number of seconds between each new HIV infection worldwide: 12 seconds
SOURCE: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update: Global Summary.
- Number of children infected with HIV each day: 1,014
SOURCE: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). 2007 AIDS Epidemic Update: Global Summary.
- Percentage of the population with HIV in the world’s most AIDS-affected countries: more than 20
SOURCE: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), 2006. Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic: Executive Summary.
- Percentage of the population infected with HIV in Canada: 0.3 per cent
SOURCE: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), 2004. Canada Epidemiological Fact Sheet.
- The number of people who die each day of AIDS: 5,479
SOURCE: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update: Global Summary.
- Amount pledged by Canada to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in 2005-2006: $450 million
SOURCE: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, 2007. Pledges and Contributions Website.
- Annual worldwide military spending: $1.3 trillion
SOURCE: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. SIPRI Yearbook 2006: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.
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