Table 1.

HIV/AIDS statistics for selected regions in 2009

Regions	Estimated people living with HIV (percent of world total)	People newly infected with HIV	Estimated percent adult prevalence (15–49)	Estimated AIDS-related deaths (percent of world total)
Sub-Saharan Africa	22.5 million (68%)	1.8 million (69%)	5.0	1.3 million (72%)
South and Southeast Asia	4.1 million (12%)	270,000 (10%)	0.3	260,000 (14%)
East Asia	770,000 (2.3%)	82,000 (3%)	0.1	36,000 (2.0%)
Eastern Europe and Central Asia	1.4 million (4.2%)	130,000 (5%)	0.8	76,000 (4.2%)
Caribbean	240,000 (0.7%)	17,000 (0.7%)	1.0	12,000 (0.7%)
Central and South America	1.4 million (4.2%)	92,000 (3.5%)	0.5	58,000 (3.2%)
Subtotal	30.41 million (92%)	2.39 million (92%)		1.74 million (97%)
World total	33.3 million	2.6 million		1.8 million

Data from UNAIDS (2010), with modification.