About 310 000 South Africans died of HIV in 2009, or just under 1000 deaths every day. Almost one-in-three women aged 25-29, and over a quarter of men aged 30-34, are living with HIV.
The overall number of annual deaths increased sharply from 1997, when 316,559 people died, to 2006 when 607,184 people died.
Here are the latest global estimates of the HIV/Aids pandemic, published by the UN agency UNAids.
Total infections at end 2009
World: Around 33.3 million people living with HIV, in a range of 31.4m to 35.3m.
By Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa: 22.5m
South and Southeast Asia: 4.1m
East Asia: 770 000
Latin America: 1.4m
North America: 1.5m
Western and Central Europe: 820 000
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 1.4m
Caribbean: 240 000
Middle East and North Africa: 460 000
Oceania: 57 000
New infections in 2009
World: 2.6m people became infected in 2008, down by 100 000 over 2008.
By region:
Sub-Saharan Africa: 1.8m
South and Southeast Asia: 270 000
East Asia: 82 000
Latin America: 92 000
North America: 70 000
Western and Central Europe: 31 000
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 130 000
Caribbean: 17 000
Middle East and North Africa: 75 000
Oceania: 4 500
Aids Deaths in 2009
World: Around 1.8 million people died from Aids-related causes in 2009, down by 200 000 over 2008.
By region:
Sub-Saharan Africa: 1.3m
South and Southeast Asia: 260 000
East Asia: 36 000
Latin America: 58 000
North America: 26 000
Western and Central Europe: 8 500
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 76 000
Caribbean: 12 000
Middle East and North Africa: 24 000
Oceania: 1 400
SHOOT: I've been tested, have you? I also think the current policy towards AIDS in SA is wrong. There should be a campaign to scare the bejesus out of everyone, just show the stats, show the funerals [at 1000 deaths a day, that's a lot] and let people see the swathe of death running through our country. The probolem is that it is invisible. Perhaps some people want it to remain so.
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