Tables

Table 1. HIV Prevalence Among Youth Ages 15–24 Worldwide, End of 1999
Table 2. Sexual Activity Among Unmarried Youth Ages 15—19, Surveys 1991–1999

Table 1. HIV Prevalence Among Youth
Ages 15–24 Worldwide, End of 1999
  Estimated HIV
Prevalence (in %)		   Estimated HIV
Prevalence (in %)
Region & Country Females Males Region & Country Females Males
AFRICA, SUB-SAHARAN ASIA & PACIFIC
Angola 2.6–2.9 1.1–1.4 Cambodia 2.3–4.7 0.9–3.8
Benin 1.6–2.9 0.5–1.3 India 0.4–0.8 0.1–0.6
Botswana 32.6–36.1 4.1–7.5 Malaysia 0.08–0.1 0.3–0.8
Burkina Faso 4.1–7.5 1.3–3.3 Myanmar 1.1–2.3 0.4–1.7
Burundi 9.9–13.3 3.8–7.6 Thailand 1.5–3.1 0.5–1.9
Cameroon 6.6–8.9 2.5–5.1 LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Central African Rep. 12.0–16.2 4.6–9.2 Argentina 0.2–0.3 0.7–1.0
Chad 2.6–3.5 1.5–2.3 Bahamas 2.4–2.9 3.2–4.6
Congo, Dem. Rep. 4.3–5.8 1.7–3.3 Barbados 0.8–0.9 1.0–1.4
Congo, Rep. 5.5–7.4 2.1–4.2 Belize 0.8–1.0 1.8–2.6
Cτte d'Ivoire 6.7–12.3 2.1–5.5 Brazil 0.2–0.3 0.6–0.8
Djibouti 11.7–16.1 7.0–10.6 Colombia 0.08–0.1 0.4–0.5
Equatorial Guinea 0.5–0.6 0.2–0.4 Costa Rica 0.2–0.3 0.5–0.8
Ethiopia 10.0–13.8 6.0–9.0 Dominican Rep. 2.4–3.1 2.1–3.1
Gabon 4.0–5.4 1.5–3.1 Ecuador 0.06–0.09 0.3–0.5
Gambia 1.5–2.8 0.5–1.3 El Salvador 0.2–0.3 0.6–0.8
Ghana 2.4–4.4 0.8–2.0 Guatemala 0.8–1.0 0.9–1.4
Guinea 1.0–1.9 0.3–0.8 Guyana 2.0–2.6 3.1–4.6
Guinia-Bissau 1.7–3.2 0.6–1.4 Haiti 2.6–3.3 3.9–5.8
Kenya 11.0–15.0 4.3–8.5 Honduras 1.5–1.9 1.1–1.9
Lesotho 23.9–28.9 8.0–16.1 Jamaica 0.36–0.44 0.5–0.7
Liberia 1.5–2.8 0.5–1.2 Mexico 0.05–0.08/TD> 0.3–0.5
Malawi 14.5–16.0 6.1–8.0 Panama 1.2–1.5 1.3–2.0
Mali 1.7–2.4 1.0–1.6 Peru 0.1–0.2 0.3–0.5
Mauritania 0.5–0.7 0.3–0.5 Suriname 0.7–0.9 1.1–1.6
Mozambique 13.4–16.1 4.5–9.0 Trindad & Tobago 0.5–0.6 0.7–1.0
Namibia 18.8–20.8 7.9–10.4 Uruguay 0.2–0.3 0.3–0.5
Niger 1.3–1.7 0.8–1.1 Venezuela 0.1–0.2 0.3–0.5
Nigeria 4.4–5.9 1.7–3.3 EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Rwanda 9.0–12.2 3.5–7.0 Belarus 0.1–0.2 0.3–0.5
Senegal 1.1–2.1 0.4–1.0 Ukraine 0.6–1.0 1.0–1.6
Sierra Leone 2.1–3.8 0.7–1.7 NORTH AMERICA
South Africa 22.5–27.1 7.6–15.1 United States 0.2–0.3 0.3–0.8
Swaziland 25.9–31.2 8.7–17.4 WESTERN EUROPE
Tanzania 6.9–9.3 2.6–5.3 France 0.2–0.3 0.2–0.5
Togo 3.9–7.2 1.2–3.2 Portugal 0.2–0.3 0.3–0.9
Uganda 6.7–9.0 2.6–5.1 Spain 0.2–0.3 0.2–0.7
Zambia 16.9–18.7 7.1–9.3 Switzerland 0.2–0.4 0.2–0.5
Zimbabwe 23.3–25.8 9.8–12.9  
Note: Table presents only countries with at least 0.5% prevalence for either males or females. Prevalence estimates are expressed as a range generated by UNAIDS regional modeling.
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), 2000 (162)

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Table 2. Sexual Activity Among Unmarried
Youth Ages 15—19, Surveys 1991–1999
   % of Unmarried Youth
Who Have Had Sex
in the Four Weeks
Before the Survey		 % of Unmarried
Youth Who Have
Ever Had Sex
Region, Country,
& Year of Survey		 Females Males Females Males
AFRICA SUB-SAHARAN
Benin 1996 13 — 35 —
Burkina Faso 1999 12 11 23 27
Cameroon 1998 20 21 42 46
Cape Verde 1998 17 26 37 63
Central African Rep. 1994 17 25 32 49
Comoros 1996   3 19   8   37
Cτte d'Ivoire 1994 26 — 57 —
Eritrea 1995   0   1   1   2
Ghana 1998 10   7 27 18
Kenya 1998   9 24 37 54
Madagascar 1997 15 — 35 —
Mozambique 1997 20 26 42 64
Namibia 1992 17 — 38 —
Rwanda 1992   1 —   7 —
Tanzania 1996 15 26 32 40
Togo 1998 20 13 51 98
Uganda 1995   7 10 29 42
Zambia 1996 13 28 44 66
Zimbabwe 1994   3   9 14 32
ASIA & PACIFIC>
Indonesia 1997 * —   1 —
Nepal 1996 * —   1 —
Philippines 1998   0 —   2 —
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Belize 1991   7 — 27 —
Bolivia 1997   2   13 38
Brazil 1996 10 23 24 63
Colombia 1995   5 — 19 —
Costa Rica 1992   6 — 15 —
Dominican Rep. 1996   2 12   9 48
Ecuador 1999   2 — 10 —
El Salvador 1998   2 — 13 —
Guatemala 1999 ** —   7 —
Haiti 1994   6 20 20 46
Honduras 19961   2 12 15 58
Jamaica 1997 11 — 37 74
Nicaragua 1997 0.4 21   6 55
Paraguay 1998   2 — 23 —
Peru 1996   3 18 13 45
Puerto Rico 1996   6 — 17 —
EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Czech Republic 1993 — — 36 —
Georgia 1999 * — ** —
Kazakhstan 1999   5 15 12 33
Kyrgyz Republic 1997 0.4 —   2 —
Moldova 1997   3 — 11 —
Romainia 1999   6 — 11 45
Ukraine 1999 15 — 24 —
NORTH AMERICA
Canada 1996 — — 51 42
United States 1995 — — 51 56
1Honduras male data available only for ages 15—24
*Fewer than 25 respondents
**Fewer than 0.5% had sex
—Not available
Sources: Demographic and Health Surveys, 1992–1999; US CDC Reproductive Health Surveys, 1991–1999; Frost, 2001 (431); and Maticka-Tyndale, 2001 (435)

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