sentences:  An estimated 20,000 (range of 11,000 to 35,000) die from HIV/AIDS annually.In geographic terms, the lowest rates of HIV were in the West (Rakhine and Chin State), while intermediate rates were in the central region (Ayeyarwady, Mandalay, Magway, Sagaing, Yangon and Bago Regions), and the highest infection rates were in the North (Kachin State), East (Shan and Kayin State), and South (Mon State, Tanintharyi Region).The Ministry of Health began surveying for HIV/AIDS in Burma in 1985.