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GLOBAL ESTIMATES of HIV and AIDS AS OF END 2003

UNAIDS 2004 Report on the global AIDS epidemic

In 2003, almost five million people became newly infected with HIV, the greatest number in any one year since the beginning of the epidemic. At the global level, the number of people living with HIV continues to grow - from 35 million in 2001 to 38 million in 2003. In the same year, almost three million were killed by AIDS; over 20 million have died since the first cases of AIDS were identified in 1981.

The epidemic varies in scale or impact within regions; some countries are more affected than others, and within countries there are usually wide variations in infection levels between different provinces, states or districts, for example.

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Global Estimates of HIV/AIDS as of end 2003