10.2004 - Source: UK Home Office

HIV / Aids ("Country Report - October 2004") [#28325],  [ID 7538]

"[...]5.71 As reflected in the report of a World Bank Study released in 2004 on HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention in India, India is burdened with a larger HIV/AIDS epidemic than any other country in the world. More than 4 million Indian adults are infected with HIV according to official government estimates and the actual number of people with HIV may be as high as 6.5 million. [70](p1) The highest prevalence rates are in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, and Tamil Nadu. [70](Executive Summary xvi) The WHO estimates that HIV/AIDS caused 2 per cent of all deaths and 6 per cent of deaths due to infectious disease in India in 1998 and by 2033 it will account for 17 per cent of all deaths and 40 per cent of deaths due to infectious diseases. [...]"

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