Even if we make allowances for the better recording of deaths in the second decade, the corresponding rates of increases are mind-boggling. Table 1.1 in chapter 1 shows the global prevalence rates of HIV/AIDS and Table 4.1 shows the prevalence rates in the Caribbean, which is second only to sub-Saharan Africa. Prevalence rates ranged from a low of 1 per cent to just over 4 per cent across the English-speaking Caribbean countries.