Science Section II: Statistics

Question 1

On average, how many years does it take for AIDS to develop?

Answer 1

10 Years

Question 2

By the end of 1986, ___ countries reported ___ cases of AIDS:

Answer 2

85 countries

38,401 cases of AIDS

Question 3

By 1990, how many cases of AIDS was reported?

Answer 3

307,000 cases

Question 4

In 1999, where was HIV/AIDS ranked to be on the top killers?

Answer 4

4th in the world

1st in Africa

Question 5

By 2013, how much had the number of AIDS-related deaths decreased since its peak in 2005?

Answer 5

30%

Question 6

How many lives has HIV/AIDS claimed since 1980?

Answer 6

Over 35 million

Question 7

In 2015, how many people were living with HIV worldwide?

Answer 7

36.7 million people

Question 8

In 2015, how many people were newly infected with HIV?

Answer 8

2.1 million people

Question 9

What percent of new infections of HIV are among young people (15-24)?

Answer 9

35%

Question 10

What percentage of all adults living with HIV are women?

Answer 10

51%

Question 11

What percent of HIV cases in women worldwide result from sexual exposure to husbands or primary partners?

Answer 11

More than 80%

Question 12

In 2015, how many children were living with HIV worldwide?

Answer 12

1.8 million children

Question 13

In 2015, how many children were newly infected with HIV?

Answer 13

150 thousand children

Question 14

By what percentage has HIV incidence decreased from 2000 to 2015?

Answer 14

35%

Question 15

What was the number of AIDS-related deaths worldwide in 2005?

Answer 15

2.2 million deaths

Question 16

What was the number of AIDS-related deaths worldwide in 2010?

Answer 16

1.8 million deaths

Question 17

What was the number of AIDS-related deaths worldwide in 2015?

Answer 17

1.1 million deaths

Question 18

How many people are currently living in the US with HIV?

Answer 18

1.2 million people / 1%

Question 19

How many people were living with HIV in Sub-Saharan

Africa in 2015?

Answer 19

25.6 million people

Question 20

What percent of the global total of HIV-infected people live in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Answer 20

70%

Question 21

What country has the highest HIV prevalence in the world?

Answer 21

Swaziland (28.8%)

Question 22

What country has the highest number of people living with HIV in it?

Answer 22

South Africa (7 million)

Question 23

What percent of all new HIV infections

among young people are of women?

Answer 23

60%

Question 24

How much higher is the prevalence among people who inject drugs compared to the general population?

Answer 24

28%

Question 25

What percent of infants are infected with HIV during pregnancy?

Answer 25

5-10%

Question 26

What percent of infants are infected with HIV during childbirth?

Answer 26

10-20%

Question 27

What percent of infants are infected with HIV through breastfeeding?

Answer 27

10-20%

Question 28

What percent of infants born to HIV-positive mothers will experience vertical transmission if no prevention steps are taken?

Answer 28

33-50%

Question 29

Women who have experienced violence are up to what times more likely to be infected with HIV than those who have not?

Answer 29

3 times

Question 30

In 2014, what percent of estimated new HIV diagnoses | in the United States were among African-American?

Answer 30

44%

Question 31

What percent of the US population are African-American?

Answer 31

12%

Question 32

In 2015, what percent of HIV-related deaths were due to TB?

Answer 32

Over 33%

Question 33

What percent of TB deaths were in low/middle-income countries?

Answer 33

95%

Question 34

What percent of the world's population has latent TB, or TB that just stays in the host and does not give any symptoms or the disease at all?

Answer 34

33%

Question 35

What percent of people with the TB bacteria in them actually contract the disease in their lifetime?

Answer 35

10%

Question 36

What percent of HIV-negative people will die from TB bacteria in their system?

Answer 36

45%

Question 37

How many new cases of Cryptococcal meningitis develop every year?

Answer 37

1 million

Question 38

How many annual deaths does Cryptococcal meningitis lead to?

Answer 38

625 thousand

Question 39

How many Cryptococcal meningitis cases can be linked with HIV?

Answer 39

95% in low/middle-income countries | 80% in high-income countries

Question 40

How many HIV-positive people had pneumocystis pneumonia before effective treatment for HIV was invented?

Answer 40

70-80%

Question 41

Pre-exposure prophylaxis has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection by up to what percent?

Answer 41

92%

Question 42

In 2014, how many people were tested for HIV in low/middle-income countries?

Answer 42

150 million people

Question 43

What percent of new HIV infections among | children are due to vertical transmission?

Answer 43

Over 90%

Question 44

What percent of exposed infants will get the virus from their infected mothers if nothing is done to stop it? How low does it get when prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) interventions are used?

Answer 44

15-45%; | 5%

Question 45

How much does male circumcision reduce the | risk of female to male sexual transmission of HIV?

Answer 45

60%

Question 46

Around the world, how many HIV-positive people know of their status?

Answer 46

60%

Question 47

How many fewer HIV infections were caused with the vaginal ring?

Answer 47

65%

Question 48

What percent of the people living today with HIV have access to ART?

Answer 48

46%

Question 49

What is "90-90-90" referring to when discussing the prediction of the end of HIV in 2030?

Answer 49

Means they expect 90% of all people with HIV to know their status, 90% of those diagnosed to receive ART, and 90% of the ART receivers to have viral suppression