In advanced countries such as Japan where there is treatment and universal health care, AIDS is not increasing. The number of infections in Japan is holding steady at 12,000, with fewer than 500 deaths per year.
That should be: the number of infected people in Japan in holding steady at 12,000.
The number of new infections is ~150 per year. This is below the number of deaths, ~500. When the presently infected cohort dies from the disease and/or old age, AIDS in Japan in the native population will be eliminated. These numbers are inexact. See:
http://www.unaids.org/en/geographical+area/by+country/japan.asp
Because the U.S. has Third Word standards of health care and inadequate sex education, the prevalence of AIDS is six times higher than Japan and other advanced nations, and the number of new infections is still at 42,000 per year, 270 times higher than Japan (which has half the population). See:
http://www.unaids.org/en/geographical+area/by+country/united+states+of+america.asp
(Click on the document on the right: "1. United States of America : epidemiological fact sheets on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections")
- Jed
