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HIV/AIDS cuts Zambian life expectancy

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    Mortality rates among Zambia's adult population have increased over the last ten years due to AIDS, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The country's Central Statistical Office (CSO) recently claimed that HIV/AIDS had cut life expectancy from 44 years about a decade ago, to 33 years currently. "The adult mortality rate has definitely increased. Local adults are losing at least 11 years of survival because of the HIV/AIDS pandemic," CSO director, Buleti Nsemukila, said. According to CSO, 200 Zambians die daily of AIDS-related illnesses. UNAIDS estimates that 21.5 percent of Zambia's adults are living with HIV/AIDS.

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