HIV Infection, AIDS Cases and AIDS DeathReported in Malaysia, 1990 to June 2002

YEAR HIV Infection AIDS AIDS Death

1990 778 18 10

1991 1,794 60 19

1992 2,512 73 46

1993 2,507 71 55

1994 3,393 105 80

1995 4,198 233 165

1996 4,597 347 271

1997 3,924 568 473

1998 4,624 875 689

1999 4,692 1,200 874

2000 5,107 1,168 8822001 5,938 1,302 9752002 3,356 606 451

AIDS BEGINS WITH:AIDS BEGINS WITH:

Having unsafe sex with Having unsafe sex with an infected person. an infected person. 

Being born when the Being born when the mother is infected, mother is infected,

or drinking or drinking

the breast the breast

milk of an milk of an

infected infected

woman. woman. 

ImproperlyImproperly

sterilized sterilized

hospital hospital toolstools

UnsaUnsafefe

bloodblood

HIV becomes HIV becomes STRONGERSTRONGER

BODY’SBODY’S

IMMUNE SYSTEMIMMUNE SYSTEM

Becomes WEAKERBecomes WEAKER

Roughly 6.3 MILLION Roughly 6.3 MILLION ASIANS were living ASIANS were living

with HIV/AIDS at the with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2000end of 2000

MORE thanMORE than

3.1 MILLION3.1 MILLION

have ALREADYhave ALREADY DIED DIED

from AIDSfrom AIDS

Worldwide Statistics

People newly infected with HIV in 2001:5 million

AIDS deaths in 2001:3 million...that's over 8,000 deaths

per day Estimated number of people living with

HIV/AIDS at the end of 2001:40 million

Total of AIDS deaths at the end of 2000:21.8 million

Total number of AIDS orphans:13.2 million