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Statistics: STD’s
Every year, there are approximately 15 million new cases of STDs (41,000 per day)(8,000 teens per day)
Two-thirds of all STDs occur in people 25 years of age or younger.
It is estimated that as many as one in four Americans have genital herpes, yet at least 80 percent of those with herpes are unaware they have it.
At least 15 percent of all infertile American women are infertile because of tubal damage caused by pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), the result of an untreated STD.
Less than half of adults ages 18 to 44 have ever been tested for an STD other than HIV / AIDS.
American Social Health Association
In the 60s only syphilis and gonorrhea were common. Today there are at least 25 STDs, and at least eight new pathogens have been identified since 1980, including HIV.
Approximately 1 in 4 sexually active teens is infected with a STD.
Nearly all case of Cervical cancer in women is caused by the Human Papilloma Virus and Condoms provide little to no protection against this disease.
Medical Institute for Sexual Health