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Source60,000The number of maternal deaths attributed to HIV in 2008.

Source7,400Globally, there are 7,400 new HIV infections every day.

Source72%Young women constitute 72% of those aged 15-to-24 infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.

Source60%Women account for approximately 60% of the HIV/AIDS population in sub-Saharan Africa.

Source15.9 millionOf the 33.3 million adults living with HIV in 2009, 15.9 million were women.

Source#1Globally, HIV is the leading cause of death and disease in women of reproductive age.

Source27%The total number of people living with HIV in 2009 was more than 27% higher than the number in 1999.

Source1.8 millionThere were 1.8 million AIDS-related deaths in 2009.