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. 2012 Nov;28(11):1379–1388. doi: 10.1089/aid.2012.0273

Table 1.

HIV Prevalence Among Young Men and Women, Ages 15–24

 
Prevalence young male (15–24) (%)
Prevalence young female (15–24) (%)
Country Estimate [Low–high estimate] Estimate [Low–high estimate]
Haiti 0.6 [0.4–0.8] 1.3 [1.0–1.8]
Somalia 0.4 [0.3–0.7] 0.6 [0.4–1.1]
Sudan 0.5 [0.4–0.7] 1.3 [0.9–1.8]
Papua New Guinea 0.3 [0.2–0.5] 0.8 [0.6–1.2]
Angola 0.6 [0.4–0.9] 1.6 [1.1–2.2]
Burundi 1.0 [0.8–1.2] 2.1 [1.6–2.7]
CAF 1.0 [0.6–1.4] 2.2 [1.4–3.1]
Cameroon 1.6 [1.2–2.1] 3.9 [3.1–5.4]
Chad 1.0 [0.7–2.0] 2.5 [1.7–5.2]
Congo 1.2 [0.9–1.6] 2.6 [2.1–3.6]
Côte d'Ivoire 0.7 [0.5–1.1] 1.5 [1.1–2.3]
DRC [0.4–0.6] [0.9–1.5]
Eritrea 0.2 [0.1–0.3] 0.4 [0.2–0.7]
Kenya 1.8 [1.3–2.4] 4.1 [3.0–5.4]
Lesotho 5.4 [4.1–7.4] 14.2 [11.2–19.2]
Liberia 0.3 [0.1–0.5] 0.7 [0.2–1.2]
Malawi 3.1 [2.3–4.2] 6.8 [5.3–9.2]
Mozambique 3.1 [2.4–4.4] 8.6 [7.0–12.1]
Namibia 2.3 [1.3–3.6] 5.8 [3.7–8.6]
Rwanda 1.3 [0.9–1.6] 1.9 [1.3–2.3]
Sierra Leone 0.6 [0.3–1.0] 1.5 [0.9–2.5]
South Africa 4.5 [4.1–5.0] 13.6 [12.3–15.0]
Swaziland 6.5 [4.8–8.8] 15.6 [12.6–21.3]
Uganda 2.3 [1.8–2.8] 4.8 [4.0–6.4]
Zimbabwe 3.3 [2.5–4.4] 6.9 [5.3–9.3]

UNAIDS: Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2010.