Every hour, someone under the age of 21 gets infected with HIV in the US.

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HIV / AIDS statistics
Every hour, someone under the age of 21 gets
infected with HIV in the US.
1 in 4 new infections in the US occurs in people
between the ages of 13 - 19
HIV is spreading faster among people under the
age of 25 than any other age group
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AIDS related illnesses are the 6th leading cause
of death among people between 15 - 24
AIDS is the leading cause of death for African
Americans ages 25 - 44
About 40 million children world wide will have
lost their parents to AIDS by 2010
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At the end of 2006

• Worldwide
• 40 million people living with HIV or AIDS
• 4.3 million new infections per year

• This equals
• 14,000 new infections daily or 600 infections
  every hour
• Every minute 6 people between the ages of 10 - 25
  are infected with HIV and over 1/2 of all new
  infections.
• HIV/AIDS is a "disease of young people" with half
  of the 5 million new infections each year
  occurring among people ages 15 to 24.

74 of the above are in Africa
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In the US through 2005

• 956,019 people infected with AIDS with another
  25 undiagnosed and unaware of their HIV
  infection.
• 769,635 cases in males
• 186,383 cases in females
• 9441 in children under the age of 13
• Ages 15 - 19 is 5,289
• Ages 20 - 24 is 34,795

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In Missouri through 2005

• 10,630 HIV/AIDS cases
• 9466 are in males
• 1164 are in females

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In St. Louis through 2005

• 6,616 AIDS / HIV case
• About 3000 in the city
• 4508 are diagnosed AIDS (1/2 of them have died)
• 2108 are HIV positive

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In Kirkwood as of 2003

• 61 cases of AIDS
• 32 reported cases of HIV

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