300 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115 (617) 355-6000 Clinical Services (Children's Hospital AIDS Program): HIV Facts Did you know? An estimated 100,000 American youth have HIV. Most of them don't know it. Thirteen new young people are diagnosed every day in the United States with HIV/AIDS - one new diagnosis every 108 minutes. In the United States, 25 percent of all people with HIV became infected as a teenager. In 2006, there were 40 million people living with HIV in the world - only 1.3 million of these people have access to treatment. At least half of all new infections in the world are in people under 25 years old. There are 6,000 new HIV infections daily among youth under 25 in the world - one every 15 seconds. In 2005, there were 842 new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in Massachusetts. In 2005, 59 new people in Massachusetts were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. Worldwide, 62 percent of youth living with HIV are female. Nearly half (46 percent) of people, ages 13 to 24 years old, living with HIV in Massachusetts are female; but 59 percent of recent diagnoses among youth are male. You are at risk for HIV if you... are sexually active - you are always at risk for the disease when you have sex are heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual have ever had unprotected vaginal, anal or oral sex have ever had a condom break or slip off during sex have had sex while you've been drunk or high have ever had a sexually transmitted disease have ever been sexually assaulted have been a sexual partner of someone with HIV or someone at risk for HIV have ever shared needles or "works" to inject drugs or steroids have ever shared needles for tattooing or piercing The information on this website should not be taken as medical advice, which can only be given to you by your personal health care professional. Copyright © Children's Hospital Boston. All rights reserved.