Table 5. Regional estimates of the incidence of the herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among females, in 2003.

Region	Regional incidence in thousands, by age
	15–19 years	20–24 years	25–29 years	30–34 years	35–39 years	40–44 years	45–49 years	Total
North America	157	123	97	82	72	62	48	641
Latin America and the Caribbean	475	375	287	215	162	119	82	1714
North Africa and the Middle East	170	101	55	30	17	10	5	388
Sub-Saharan Africa	1528	907	513	285	162	96	57	3547
Western Europe	120	83	60	45	32	21	12	373
Eastern Europe and central Asia	389	191	92	43	22	12	6	755
Eastern Asia	503	418	441	503	457	344	290	2957
Japan	25	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	28
Pacific	5	4	3	2	2	1	0.7	17
South Asia	574	242	10	44	19	8	3	991
South-east Asia	327	272	217	174	137	103	76	1305
Australia and New Zealand	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	41