2.7 North America and Western and Central Europe 2.7.1 A largely stable epidemic
Fig. 2.33 Number of people living with HIV, North America and Western and Central Europe, 1990–2010 3.0 2.5 Millions
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Fig. 2.34 Number of people newly infected with HIV, North America and Western and Central Europe, 1990–2010 175 150 Thousands
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Fig. 2.35 Number of people dying from AIDS-related causes, North America and Western and Central Europe, 1990–2010 125
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The HIV epidemic in North America and Western and Central Europe remains stable overall, with the incidence of HIV infection having changed little since 2004. An estimated 88 000 [56 000–150 000] people were newly infected with HIV in 2010, most of them in the United States of America. According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the HIV incidence in the United States has been relatively stable in the past few years, with between 48 600 and 56 000 people acquiring HIV infection annually between 2006 and 2009 (159).
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The total number of people living with HIV in North America and Western and Central Europe reached an estimated 2.2 million [1 900 000–2 700 000] in 2010, about one third (34%) more than the 1.6 million [1 400 000–1 800 000] in 2001 (Table 2.1, Fig. 2.33– 2.35). More than half (about 1.2 million) of the people with HIV in this region live in the United States. The rising number of people living with HIV reflects the wide-scale availability of antiretroviral therapy, especially in the countries with the largest epidemics,
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