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In 2023, around 630 000 [500 000–820 000] people died from AIDS-related illnesses worldwide, compared to 2.1 million [1.6 million–2.7 million] people in 2004 and 1.3 million [1 million–1.7 million] people in 2010.
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In 2023, 630 000 [500 000–820 000] people died from HIV-related causes globally. Since 2010, HIV-related deaths have been reduced by 51%, from 1.3 million [1.0 million–1.7 million]. The global HIV epidemic claimed 69% fewer lives in 2023 since the peak in 2004.
- HIV/AIDS Is One of The World's Most Fatal Infectious Disease
- The Global Distribution of Deaths from HIV/AIDS
- Is The World Making Progress in Its Fight Against HIV/AIDS?
- Tuberculosis Among People Living with HIV
- What Can Be Done to Prevent HIV/AIDS?
- Comparisons of UNAIDS and Ihme Estimates
Almost 1 million people die from HIV/AIDS each year; in some countries, it's the leading cause of death
HIV/AIDS is one of the world's most fatal infectious diseases – particularly across Sub-Saharan Africa, where the disease has had a massive impact on health outcomes and life expectancy in recent decades. The Global Burden of Disease is a major global study on the causes of death and disease published in the medical journal The Lancet.1These estimates of the annual number of deaths by cause are shown here. This chart shows the global total but can be explored for any country or region using t...
In some countries, HIV/AIDS is the cause of a quarter of all deaths
Globally, around 1.5% of deaths are caused by HIV/AIDS. This share is high but masks the wide variations in the toll of HIV/AIDS worldwide. In some countries, this share was much higher. On this interactive map, we see the share of deaths that resulted from HIV/AIDS across the world. Across most regions, the share was low: across Europe, for example, it accounted for less than 0.1% of deaths. However, the share is very high across some countries – focused primarily in Southern Sub-Saharan Afr...
Death rates are high across Sub-Saharan Africa
The significant health burden of HIV/AIDS across Sub-Saharan Africa is also reflected in death rates. Death rates measure the number of deaths from HIV/AIDS per 100,000 individuals in a country or region. In the interactive map, we see the distribution of death rates worldwide. Most countries have a rate of less than 10 deaths per 100,000 – often much lower, below 5 per 100,000. Across Europe, the death rate is less than one per 100,000. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, the rates are much higher. S...
Death rates are highest for younger adults and children under five years old
Which population groups are most at risk from HIV/AIDS? In the chart, we show death rates by age group. Here we see that the most at-risk group is younger adults (15 to 49-year-olds). Since HIV is primarily a sexually transmitted infection, where unsafe sex is a primary risk factor, this is what we would expect. But we also see that death rates are higher for children under five; that’s because HIV can be transmitted from mother to child if the mother is infected.
How have cases and deaths changed over time?
The 1990s saw a substantial increase in people infected with HIV and dying of AIDS. In the second half of that decade, over 3 million people were infected with HIV yearly. Since then, the number of new infections began to decline, and it's now below 2 million, the lowest number of new infections since 1990. As for mortality, AIDS-related deaths increased throughout the 1990s and peaked in the mid-2000s, with nearly 2 million annual deaths. Since then, the annual number of deaths from AIDS has...
Global deaths from HIV/AIDS halved within a decade
The world has made significant progress against HIV/AIDS. Global deaths from AIDS have halved over the past decade. In the visualization, we see the global number of deaths from HIV/AIDS in recent decades – this is shown by age group. In the mid-2000s, global deaths peaked at almost 2 million per year. Driven mainly by the development and availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART), global deaths have more than halved since then. You can explore this change for any country or region using th...
HIV/AIDS once accounted for a large share of deaths in some countries, but rates are now falling
Global progress on HIV/AIDS has been driven by significant improvements in the countries most affected by the epidemic. Today, the share of deaths remains high: more than 1 in 5 deaths in some countries are caused by HIV/AIDS. But in the past, this share was even higher. In the visualization, we see the change in the share of deaths from HIV/AIDS over time. From the 1990s through to the early 2000s, it was the cause of more than 1 in 3 deaths in several countries and even more than half of an...
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading HIV-associated opportunistic infection in low- and middle-income countries, and it is a leading cause of death globally among people living with HIV. Death due to tuberculosis remains high among people living with HIV. However, the number of deaths is decreasing. Most of the global mortality due to TB among those wi...
Antiretroviral therapy
A couple of decades ago, the chances of surviving more than ten years with HIV were slim. Today, thanks to antiretroviral therapy (ART), people with HIV/AIDS can expect to live long lives. ART is a long-term medical treatment for HIV/AIDS. It works by suppressing the virus from multiplying in the body. This keeps the infection under control and helps to prevent the disease from progressing. ART is essential in progressing against HIV/AIDS because it saves lives, allows people with HIV to live...
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Given that most AIDS cases in children are due to the virus transmission from mother to child during pregnancy, stopping mother-to-child transmission is critical to preventing children from getting infected with HIV. The chances of an HIV-positive mother transmitting the virus to a child are between 15% and 45%. Effective prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services can reduce the chances of transmission to newborns down to 5%.3 PMTCT services include preventative measures such...
Several sources publish estimates on HIV and AIDS. Two of the most established sources, presented on this page, are UNAIDS and the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). The charts below show a comparison of these two sources' estimates.
Jul 7, 2023 · HIV-related mortality. In 2022, 630 000 [480 000–880 000] people died from HIV-related causes globally. Since 2010, HIV-related deaths have been reduced by 51%, from 1.3 million [970 000–1.8 million]. The global HIV epidemic claimed 69% fewer lives in 2022 since the peak in 2004.
Jul 27, 2022 · The global response to HIV has faltered and stalled with 1.5 million new infections occurring in 2021 – more than 1 million more than the global targets. Newly released figures also show that 650 000 people died from HIV-related causes while the number of people on HIV treatment grew more slowly in 2021 than it has in over a decade.
Situation and trends: 630 000 [500 000−820 000] people died of HIV-related illnesses worldwide in 2023. Expanded access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and a declining incidence of HIV infections have led to a steep fall globally in the number of adults and children dying from HIV-related causes.
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