4.6 to 8.2 million children and adults are living with HIV/AIDS.
	610,000 - 1.1 million adults and children were infected in 2003.
	0.4%– 0.8% is the adult population HIV/AIDS prevalence rate.
	330,000 to 590,000 adult and child deaths have been recorded proceeding the end of 2003.

“Continuing a trend of recent years, there is more evidence of increasing rates of other sexually transmitted infections—perhaps presaging new increases in HIV incidence.”

Many of the Sexually Transmitted Disease awareness and prevention programs that worked very well in the 1990's have now been shoved aside, or disregarded because people have built up a “tolerance” to them. In Japan this conclusion is supported by a direct quote from a UNAIDS report in December 2003; The number of new HIV cases reported annually has doubled since the 1990s to more than 600 in 2001 and 2002. This rise has been accompanied by an increase in other sexually transmitted infections over the same period, with the rate of Chlamydia rising by over 50% among women since 1995. There is also evidence of more widespread sexual activity among Japanese youth (reflected in the increase in the percentage of young people who have had sex by the time they turn 19 years of age). Overall, the situation here is confined mainly to Japan; even so, at the slightest sign of spread, immediate action must be taken.

Notes:

* This mark indicates that this chart came directly from the UNAIDS (2003) AIDS epidemic update, December Report, the report can be accessed from the second link below, once you have reached the UNAIDS website, click the first link in the column on the right hand side

Resources:

1. Kanabus, Annabel. 14 Feb 2004. AVERT. 14 Feb 2004. < http://www.avert.org/ >.
2. UNAIDS: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. 14 Feb 2004. < http://www.unaids.org/ >.