Estimated Adult and Child Deaths due to HIV/AIDS from the Beginning of the Epidemic through December 1999

North America: 450,000

Caribbean: 160,000

Latin America: 520,000

Western Europe: 210,000

North Africa/Middle East: 70,000

Sub-Saharan Africa: 13.7 million

Eastern Europe/Central Asia: 17,000

East Asia/Pacific: 40,000

South/Southeast Asia: 1.1 million

Australia/New Zealand: 8,000

Total: 16.3 million

Adults and Children Estimated to Have HIV/AIDS as of December 1999

North America: 920,000

Caribbean: 360,000

Latin America: 1.3 million

Western Europe: 520,000

North Africa/Middle East: 220,000

Sub-Saharan Africa: 23.3 million

Eastern Europe/Central Asia: 360,000

East Asia/Pacific: 530,000

South/Southeast Asia: 6 million

Australia/New Zealand: 12,000

Total: 33.6 million

Source: UNAIDS and World Health Organization, Geneva.