Original sentence: AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, sometimes written Aids) is a global human epidemic.AIDS is defined as occuring in persons with HIV antibodies, who have an AIDS-defining condition or a CD4+ T-lymphocyte count less than 200 cells/uL.It was estimated that between 39 and 44 million people around the world had antibodies to HIV in December 2004.UNAIDS and the World Health Organization estimated that between between 2.8 and 3.5 million people with AIDS died during 2004
Edited sentence: (See Homosexuality and medical science.)  By the 1990s the syndrome had become a global epidemic and in 2004, 58 percent of those with AIDS were women.AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, sometimes written Aids) is a human disease characterized by weakening of the body's immune system and capacity to fight infection and certain cancers.AIDS is generally regarded as a global pandemic.AIDS is incurable; where treatments are unavailable (mostly in poorer countries) most sufferers die within a few years of diagnosis.AIDS is the fifth leading cause of death among all adults aged 25 to 44 in the United States.AIDS was first noticed among homosexual men and intravenous drug users in the 1980s.Among African-Americans in the 25 to 44 age group, AIDS is the leading cause of death for men and the second leading cause of death for women.As of December 31, 1999, 733,374 cases of AIDS and 430,441 AIDS-related deaths had been reported to the CDC.As of the end of 2000, an estimated 36.1 million people worldwide -- 34.7 million adults and 1.4 million children younger than 15 years -- were living with HIV/AIDS.In developed countries, treatment has improved greatly over the past decade, and people have lived with AIDS for ten to twenty years.In most cases this weakening is progressive, and it is believed that this is caused by destruction of T4 cells due to prior infection with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus).In the United States, an estimated 800,000 to 900,000 people are living with HIV infection.Through 2000, cumulative HIV/AIDS-associated deaths worldwide numbered approximately 21.8 million -- 17.5 million adults and 4.3 million children younger than 15 years.While homosexual men continue to suffer higher per capita AIDS rates, the majority of victims are currently heterosexual women and men, and children, in developing countries