| Since the AIDS pandemic began in 1981: Deaths = 28 million Living with HIV/AIDS = 42 million Orphaned by AIDS = 15 million Orphaned by AIDS daily = 6,000 Deaths in 2006 = 3 million Women infected = 16.4 million Deaths in women in 2006 = 1.3 million HIV infections in 2006 = 5 million U.S. HIV infection in 2006 = 40,000 U.S. AIDS deaths in 2006 = 16,000 Daily deaths from AIDS worldwide = 8,000 Daily HIV infections worldwide = 14,000 Every minute 10 people become infected with HIV Total number of people living with HIV/AIDS in U.S. = 1+million Total deaths in U. S. from AIDS = 500,000 TOTAL = 65 million have been infected with HIV/AIDS in the past two decades. HOW MANY MORE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE WE ACT UP? LET'S STOP THE APATHY AND COMPLACENCY! |
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