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Disappearing Opportunities



The Impact of AIDS in the Developing World

Country

Growth Rate with AIDS

Growth Rate without AIDS

Life Expectancy with AIDS

Life Expectancy without AIDS

% Reduction in Life Expectancy

Burundi

3.5

4.0

45.6

55.4

17.7

Cameroon

2.8

3.2

51.4

58.6

12.3

Cent. African Rep.

2.0

2.5

46.8

56.3

16.9

Congo (Brazzaville)

2.2

2.7

47.1

57.2

17.7

Congo (Kinshasa)

3.0

3.3

49.3

54.4

9.4

Còte d’ Ivoire

2.4

3.0

46.2

56.5

18.2

Ethiopia

2.2

2.9

40.9

50.9

19.6

Kenya

1.7

2.5

47.6

65.6

27.4

Malawi

1.7

2.7

36.6

51.1

28.1

Nigeria

3.0

3.2

53.6

57.8

7.3

Rwanda

2.5

3.2

41.9

53.9

22.3

Tanzania

2.1

2.6

46.4

55.2

15.9

Uganda

2.8

3.5

42.6

54.1

21.3

Zambia

2.1

3.3

37.1

56.2

34.0

Zimbabwe

1.1

2.5

39.2

64.9

39.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil

1.2

1.5

64.4

71.4

9.8

Guyana

-0.5

-0.3

62.3

65.7

5.2

Haiti

1.5

2.0

51.4

55.5

7.4

Honduras

2.3

2.5

65.0

69.2

6.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burma

1.6

1.8

54.5

57.1

4.6

Cambodia

2.5

2.7

48.0

50.7

5.3

Thailand

1.0

1.1

69.0

71.3

3.2



Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census 1999
 

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