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Number of people living with HIV/AIDS globally at the end of 2003:
37,800,000
Number of people who travel to Las Vegas every year:
35,000,000

Number of people living with AIDS in developing countries:
26,900,000
Number of people reached by Yahoo News and Google News:
27,000,000

Number of new infections globally in 2003:
4,800,000
Number of Americans who had non-surgical cosmetic procedures in 2002:
4,900,000

Number of people who have died of AIDS since its discovery:
<20,000,000
Number of songs downloaded from the iTunes music store in its first seven months:
20,000,000

Number of people globally who died of AIDS in 2003:
2,900,000
Number of people in SubSaharan Africa who died of AIDS in 2003:
2,200,000

Number of women living with HIV/AIDS globally:
18,144,000
Number of Americans living with diabetes:
18,000,000

Number of women living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa:
14,250,000
Number of women living with HIV/AIDS in North America:
200,000

Estimated number of children in SubSaharan Africa who have lost one or both parents to AIDS:
12,000,000
Number of children worldwide expected to have lost parents to HIV/AIDS by 2010:
18,400,000

Number of people in subSaharan Africa living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2003:
25,000,000
Number of Asians living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2003:
7,400,000
Number of people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia living with HIV/AIDS:
1,300,000
Number of people living with AIDS in the United States:
950,000

Cumulative funding needed for AIDS in low-and-mid-income countries by 2007:
$20,000,000,000
Dollars each American citizen would have to donate to meet that need:
$68.25
Dollars Americans spent during the holidays in 2003:
$92,500,000,000
Dollars the average American spent during the holidays in 2003:
$315.67


Number of people who could access AIDS drug therapies with the above funding:
6,000,000
Number of orphans who would gain support with the above funding:
22,000,000
Adults who could access voluntary counseling and HIV-testing with the above funding:
100,000,000
Number of students who would learn HIV/AIDS prevention in school with the above funding:
900,000,000