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The CPC Sex Forum
Facts
and Figures...Did you KNOW?
- 66% of those infected
with an STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) are under age 25. - Centers
for Disease Control, 1994
- Except for the Common
Cold, STD's are the most common disease in the United States. - American
College of Obstetrics & Gynecology
- 1 in 5 Americans between
15 & 55 are now infected with a viral STD (80% of those infected do not
know they are) - Medical Institute for Sexual Health
- Pregnancy #1 reason
for teen hospitalization (1 million per yr age 10 -19)- Medical Institute
for Sexual Health
- One-third of teenage
pregnancies occur while contraception is being used. - Michael Schwartz
& James Ford "Family Planning Clincs..." May 1982
- A sexually active 15
yr old has a 1 in 8 chance of developing Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
- Westrom and March, Pelvic Inflammation Disease 1992
- Condoms leave a 31%
chance of HIV infection - Centers for Disease Control 1993
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