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World's Highest AIDS Rates

The Highest AIDS Rates Among Country's Populations

By Matt Rosenberg, About.com

Aug 23 2006
According to the Population Reference Bureau, these are the countries with the highest rate of AIDS among their populations, along with the percent of the population afflicted...

1. Swaziland - 33.4%
2. Botswana - 24.1%
3. Lesotho - 23.2%
4. Zimbabwe - 20.1%
5. Namibia - 19.6%
6. South Africa - 18.8%
7. Zambia - 17.0%
8. Mozambique - 16.1%
9. Malawi - 11.8%
10. Central African Republic - 10.7%

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