How many people are live with HIV/AIDS in South Africa?
In 2007 it was estimated that 5,700,000 South Africans had HIV/AIDS, which is more than any other single country in the world, and that nearly one in six people in the world with HIV/AIDS were South African. It was also estimated in 2007 that 18% of all South Africans had HIV/AIDS, which is the 4th highest prevalance figure in the world. It is worth noting that the other top 5 countries with the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence are all neighbours of South Africa. In 1985, AIDS was diagnosed for the first time in two patients in South Africa. The first recorded death owing to AIDS occurred in 1985. By 1986, there were 46 recorded AIDS diagnoses. Estimates from 2000 indicated that 5% of actual infections and only 1% of actual deaths due to AIDS were reported prior to 1990. Prior to 1990, AIDS was more common among homosexual people. By 1990, less than 1% of South Africans had AIDS. By 1996, the figure stood at around 3% and by 1999 the figure had reached 10%. AIDS infection started reaching p
