FACTBOX-U.N. estimates of AIDS infections by region

Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:37am EST
 
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LONDON (Reuters) - More than 33 million people are infected with the AIDS virus -- far fewer than original estimates of close to 40 million, the United Nations said in its latest report.

Here are the numbers of adults and children estimated to be living with HIV in 2007 by region, according to UNAIDS:

-- North America, 1.3 million.

-- Western and Central Europe, 760,00

-- Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 1.6 million

-- Caribbean, 230,000

-- Middle East and North Africa, 380,000

-- East Asia, 800,000

-- South and South-East Asia, 4 million

-- Latin America, 1.6 million

-- Sub-Saharan Africa, 22.5 million

-- Oceania, 75,000

(Reporting by Michael Kahn; editing by Robert Hart)

 

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