The Followings are Extracts from the UNAIDS-WHO "Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic (June 1998)"

Thanks to Antoine Blanc for sending this information on to me.

Estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS, end 1997
Adult rate

World 30,600,000 0.97%
Western Europe 480,000 0.23%
France 110,000 0.37%
North America 860,000 0.55%
USA 820,000 0.76%
Caribbean 310,000 1.82%
Haiti 190,000 5.17%

Subject: HIV/AIDS Rates in the Caribbean

Additional data from the UNAIDS-WHO " Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic (June 1998) " :

Estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS, end 1997
Adult rate

Caribbean 310,000 1.82%
Bahamas 6,300 3.77%
Barbados 4,300 2.99%
Cuba 1,400 0.02%
Dom. Republic 83,000 1.89%
Haiti 190,000 5.17%
Jamaica 14,000 0.99%
Trinidad & Tobago 6,800 0.94%
Latin America
1,300,000 0.52%
Argentina 120,000 0.69%
Brazil 580,000 0.63%
Colombia 72,000 0.36%
Mexico 180,000 0.35%
Peru 72,000 0.56%
Venezuela 82,000 0.69%

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