Dec. 1 marks World AIDS Day, which is dedicated to raising awareness about the AIDS pandemic. The goal of the day is to battle existing prejudices about those infected, raise money to battle the disease and to improve HIV and AIDS education. World AIDS Day began in 1988, making this its 22nd year.
Here are some notable facts and figures about the disease:
33.4 million: The approximate number of men, women and children living with HIV across the globe, according to the most recent data on HIV and AIDS published by UNAIDS.
5.7 million: The number of people living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa, the country with the largest reported number of HIV/AIDS cases.
2.5 million: The number of children worldwide who are known to have HIV.
1959: The year of the oldest recorded case of AIDS. A man walked into a hospital to donate blood for a study of blood diseases. His sample was frozen until the mid 1980s. It was analyzed by researches who concluded that the sample contained HIV, says TheBody.com.
1981: The year the first recognized case of HIV occurred. Avert.org says the first case was diagnosed in the United States. AIDS history prior to the 1980s is uncertain.
25 million: The number of people who have passed away as a result of AIDS since it was first diagnosed in 1981.
50: The worldwide percentage of female adults living with HIV at the end of 2008.
80: The percentage of worldwide HIV cases resulting from heterosexual intercourse.
3: The percentage of people living with HIV in Washington, D.C., according to Avert.org. In 2009, the Washington D.C. Health Department revealed that the nation's capital had a higher percentage rate of HIV than West Africa.
6: The percentage of HIV-infected people in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a study by the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.
172,377: The number of people in New York diagnosed with full-blown AIDS. The state has the highest number of cases than any other U.S. state. Following are California (139,019), Florida (100,908), Texas (67,227) and New Jersey (48,431). Numbers are based on a study by the Centers for Disease Control.
$5.67 billion: The amount of funding provided by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. According to Avert.org, Global Fund is the largest contributing organization to the AIDS pandemic.
4 million: The number of people in developing and transitional countries who currently receive life-saving treatment for HIV, based on data provided by Avert.org.
9.5 million: The number of people in developing and transitional countries who are in need of immediate life-saving AIDS treatments.
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