Table of HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa

This table lists the countries in sub-Saharan Africa in decreasing order according to the number of people infected with HIV (UNAIDS, 2001). Six of the top ten countries with the highest numbers of infected people have subtype C as the major circulating subtype indicating a possible causal relationship between the presence of this subtype and the number of infections in the six countries (also see the map on subtype C infections). The major subtypes circulating in any one country are indicated with bold type.

Countries	Rank	Subtype^a	Adult rate (%)	Total # infected	Adults infected (15-49)	Orphans
South Africa	1	C,ABDGU	24.8	5 000 000	4 700 000	660 000
Nigeria	2	C,ABJUG	4.8	3 500 000	3 200 000	1 000 000
Kenya	3	C,AUDG	15	2 500 000	2 300 000	890 000
Zimbabwe	4	C	33.7	2 300 000	2 000 000	780 000
Ethiopia	5	C,ABD	6.4	2 100 000	1 900 000	990 000
Tanzania	6	C,ADU	7.8	1 500 000	1 300 000	810 000
DR Congo	7	CKADHUGFJ	4.9	1 300 000	1 100 000	930 000
Zambia	8	C,ADGJ	21.5	1 200 000	1 000 000	570 000
Mozambique	9	C	13	1 100 000	1 000 000	420 000
Cameroon	10	CAHODFGJUB		920 000	860 000	210 000
Malawi	11	C,ADU	18.3	850 000	780 000	470 000
Cote d’Ivoire	12			770 000	690 000	420 000
Uganda	13	C,ABDG	5	600 000	510 000	880 000
Rwanda	14	C,ABGF		500 000	430 000	260 000
Burundi	15	C,A CD	8.3	390 000	330 000	240 000
Lesotho	16	C	31	360 000	330 000	73 000
Botswana	17	C,A	39.9	330 000	300 000	69 000
CAR	18	AHUDEG		250 000	220 000	110 000
Namibia	19	C	22.5	230 000	200 000	47 000
Swaziland	20	C	33.4	170 000	150 000	35 000
Togo	21	AG		150 000	110 000	63 000
Benin	22	AG		120 000	110 000	34 000
Somalia	23		1	43 000	43 000	---
Senegal	24		0.5	27 000	24 000	15 000

References:

1. UNAIDS: http://www.unaids.org/
2. LANL: http://www.hiv.lanl.gov/

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