General Facts about STDs


  • STDS are the most common diseases in America next to the common cold and the flu
  • One in 4 Americans are presently infected with an STD
  • 12 million new STD cases are reported each year – 33,000 each day
  • 45 million Americans are infected with an incurable STD
  • 35-50 different kinds of STDs exists
  • 20 different STDs are rampant among the young
  • 63% of all STDs occur in person less 25 years of age
  • STDs infect 3 million teenagers each year
  • 80% of those infected with an STD do not develop the initial symptoms
  • STDs are contagious even though no symptoms exist
  • New strains of STDs are resistant to treatment
  • STDs often cause chronic pain and permanent damage
  • Some STDs are incurable and can eventually kill
  • Teenagers are more susceptible to STDs than older people because their reproductive organs are still maturing and their immune systems aren’t as developed
  • STDs are not like chicken pox. Contracting an STD does not provide immunity against getting it again
  • Women who have multiple sex partners have a greater risk of AIDS, cancer and STD
  • STDs do not discriminate between men and women. They can affect people of any race, age or socioeconomic class
  • Abstinence is the only reliable method of protection against STDs

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Condoms' effectiveness

In Preventing Diseases

Study showed that those who use condoms consistently and correctly 100% of the time reduce their risks by the following*:


HIV (AIDS virus) aprox. 55%-90%
Gonorrhea aprox. 40-60%
Chlamydia NO RISK REDUCTION
Syphilis
Chancroid
Trichomoniasis
Genital Herpes
Genital HPV

* Based on 180 studies taken over the last 20 years. In July 2001 the National Institutes of Health put out a study of condoms' effectiveness in preventing the transmission of eight of the most common STD's (HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphylis, chancroid, trichomoniasis, genital herpes, and genital HPV).

In Preventing Pregnancy

14-16 couples out of every 100 using condoms will conceive a baby within 12 months. This rate is usually higher in couples under 25 years of age.