In 2020, around 30 percent of new HIV infections globally were among cis males aged 25 to 49 years old, compared to just 24 percent among females in the same age group. This statistic illustrates the distribution of new HIV infections among adults aged 15 to 49 years old worldwide in 2020, by gender and age.
Distribution of new HIV infections among adults worldwide in 2020, by gender and age
Epidemiologic data from transgender populations are available primarily from the Asia and the Pacific, Caribbean and Latin America regions. Sparser data are available from the western and central Europe and North America region. Limited programme data are available from western and central Africa and eastern and southern Africa. Furthermore, data are primarily from transwomen, and among those transwomen, data are frequently from people who sell sex. Only a few data points were available from transmen.
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UNAIDS. (July 14, 2021). Distribution of new HIV infections among adults worldwide in 2020, by gender and age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1175385/distribution-new-hiv-infections-among-adults-worldwide-gender-and-age/
UNAIDS. "Distribution of new HIV infections among adults worldwide in 2020, by gender and age." Chart. July 14, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1175385/distribution-new-hiv-infections-among-adults-worldwide-gender-and-age/
UNAIDS. (2021). Distribution of new HIV infections among adults worldwide in 2020, by gender and age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1175385/distribution-new-hiv-infections-among-adults-worldwide-gender-and-age/
UNAIDS. "Distribution of New Hiv Infections among Adults Worldwide in 2020, by Gender and Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1175385/distribution-new-hiv-infections-among-adults-worldwide-gender-and-age/
UNAIDS, Distribution of new HIV infections among adults worldwide in 2020, by gender and age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1175385/distribution-new-hiv-infections-among-adults-worldwide-gender-and-age/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Distribution of new HIV infections among adults worldwide in 2020, by gender and age [Graph], UNAIDS, July 14, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1175385/distribution-new-hiv-infections-among-adults-worldwide-gender-and-age/
