Notes
Total
population (column 1) refers to the mid-year 2001 population as estimated
by the Population Division/DESA. From World Population Prospects:
The 2000 Revision, Highlights (United Nations publication, ESA/P/WP.165).
Accessible at http://www.un.org/esa/population
Adults
(15-49 years) living with HIV/AIDS (columns 2 and 3) refers to the number
and percentage of persons aged 15-49 who were infected with HIV and were alive
at the end of 1999. Data are from UNAIDS, Report on the Global HIV/AIDS
Epidemic Update-June 2000.
AIDS
deaths (column 4) are the number of adults and children who died from AIDS
during 1999. Data are from UNAIDS, Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Update-June 2000.
AIDS
orphans (column 5) refers to the estimated number of children who had lost
their mother or both parents to AIDS and who were alive and under age 15 at
the end of 1999. Data are from UNAIDS, Country Fact Sheets, June 2000,
accessed at: http://www.unaids.org/
Life
expectancy at birth with AIDS (column 6) and without AIDS (column 7) are
taken from estimates and projections prepared by the Population Division/DESA
for the 45 countries most severely affected with HIV/AIDS. From World
Population Prospects: The 2000
Revision, Highlights (United Nations publication, ESA/P/WP.165). Accessible at
http://www.un.org/esa/population
Government
level of concern about AIDS (column 8) and Actions as reported by
Governments (columns 9-12) are from the Eighth United Nations Inquiry among
Governments on Population and Development, conducted in 1998 by the Population
Division/DESA. The information provided within the framework of the Inquiry
allows limited documentation of the nature and intensity of interventions
taken. From Results of the Eighth United Nations Inquiry among Governments on
Population and Development (United Nations publication, Sales No.
E.01.XIII.2).
Condom
use (column 13) refers to the percentage of couples using condoms for
family planning purposes. Data are for the most recent year available and were
collected from currently married women of reproductive age, including where
possible those in consensual unions. From United Nations Database on
Contraceptive Use (POP/1/DB/2000/2).
AIDS
policy coordination body (column 14) refers to the existence of a national
agency/committee charged with coordinating HIV/AIDS policies and programmes,
as reported in the Eighth United Nations Inquiry among Governments on
Population and Development. From Results of the Eighth United Nations Inquiry
among Governments on Population and Development (United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.01.XIII.2) and AIDS in Africa: Country by Country (UNAIDS, 2000).
Health
expenditure per capita (column 15) is the sum of public and private
expenditures on health divided by the country's population. Estimates refer to
1990-98 and are from the World Bank, 2000 World Development Indicators.
Two
dots (..) indicate that information or data are not readily available or were
not ascertained.
1
A hyphen (-) indicates that the difference between life expectancy without
AIDS and life expectancy with AIDS is negligible.
2 Refers to the Vatican City State.
3 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.