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young people ages 15 to 24. 10,000 teens are infected by STIs per day, one every eight seconds! One out of every four sexually active teens has an STI, and one in two sexually active youth will contract an STI by age 25. In 2006, adolescents and young adults 13-29 years old accounted for the greatest percentage of new HIV infections (34%) than any other age group. African-American young adults are disproportionately affected by HIV infection, accounting for 60% of HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 13 to 24 year olds in 2006. An estimated one in five Americans have genital herpes infection, and up to 90% of them don't know it. Teenagers are more susceptible to human papilloma virus (HPV). Rates of HPV infection in teenagers can be as high as 40%, whereas in the adult population, the rate is less than 15%. Teens are also more likely to develop precancerous growths as a result of HPV infection, and these growths more likely to develop into invasive cancer. 40% of older adolescents surveyed incorrectly believe that the contraceptive pill and shot protect against STIs and HIV. Some young people, including those who have had abstinence education, consider oral and anal sex to be abstinent behaviors and do not realize these behaviors present risks of STI transmission. Although youth are at higher risk for acquiring STIs, only 1/3 of sexually active teens age 15 to 17, and 1/2 of sexually active young adults ages 18 to 24 say they have been tested for STIs.

10,000 teens are infected with STIs every day, one every eight seconds! 33 million people are living with HIV around the world, with 7500 new infections each day.
More than 18,000 people with AIDS still die each year in the US. More than 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV/AIDS today, with an estimated 440,000 Americans living with full-blown AIDS. At its peak in the 1980s, 130,000 people were infected with HIV every year. Approximately 21% of those infected with HIV do not know it and many are diagnosed late in the later stages of the disease. Teens and young adults, particularly girls and young women, continue to be at the center of the epidemic, with 15-24-year-olds accounting for 35% of new HIV infections across the world.

Each year one-quarter of the estimated 12 million new cases of STDs, other than HIV, in the U.S. occur among teenagers.Adolescents 15 to 19 years old have some of the highest reported rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia among sexually active people.Many cases of

chlamydia and gonorrhea go unreported due to high rate of asymptomatic (showing no symptoms) infections; diagnosis is especially difficult in women. Both diseases can be characterized by burning, frequent urination and discharge, although chlamydia symptoms are much milder than those of gonorrhea.Latest estimates indicate that chlamydia infects 3 million people each year; gonorrhea infects 650,000 people each year.An estimated 20 percent to 40 percent of women infected with chlamydia and 10 percent to 40 percent of women with gonorrhea develop upper genital tract infections or pelvic inflammatory disease (PID); PID is the leading cause of preventable infertility and ectopic pregnancy.Primary syphilis infections are characterized by sores on genitals, rectum, tongue or lips; secondary infections are characterized by body rash (especially on hands and feet), fever, headache and soreness of joints.Each year, there are an estimated 70,000 new cases of syphilis.Fetal or neonatal death occurs in up to 40 percent of pregnant women with untreated syphilis.Human papillomavirus (HPV) is characterized by genital warts. Each year, it is estimated that there are more than 5 milllion new cases of HPV.HPV is the single most important risk factor for cervical cancer; other types of HPV can cause genital warts, for which there is no cure.Genital herpes is characterized by itching, water blisters or open sores in genital area. There are an estimated 1 million new cases of genital herpes each yearThere is no cure for genital herpes and symptoms can continue to reoccur.

Chlamydia Herpes Gonorrhea Syphillis Genital Warts