520,000 – 680,000 adults and children are living with AIDS
	30,000 – 40,000 adults and children newly infected with HIV
	The adult prevalence rate is about 0.3 %
	2,600 – 3,400 adult and child deaths

Overall, in these countries, the news is good because the mortality rates are dropping. Though, in the Netherlands, Greece and Germany, a cause of infection is unprotected homosexual activity between men, in the rest of Western Europe “heterosexual intercourse may now be the most common mode of transmission.” Furthermore, many of the programs that help to educate people in the facts about HIV and AIDS are still working.

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/ >.