Table 6. Regional estimates of the incidence of the herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among males, 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	104	85	70	61	56	50	40	466
Latin America and the Caribbean	168	152	133	115	100	85	68	820
North Africa and the Middle East	149	36	8	2	0.4	0.1	0	195
Sub-Saharan Africa	775	585	422	300	216	160	119	2575
Western Europe	44	45	47	52	55	51	45	340
Eastern Europe and central Asia	113	104	94	83	77	79	74	624
Eastern Asia	396	327	344	393	360	280	241	2341
Japan	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	32
Pacific	9	6	3	2	1	0.7	0.4	23
South Asia	348	296	250	221	188	158	128	1589
South-east Asia	548	409	292	209	148	101	68	1776
Australia and New Zealand	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	21