How many people are with hiv/aids?
It is estimated that 15 million new cases of STDs occur each year in the United states and that globally, annual new cases of STDs probably exceed 400 million. *A substantial majority of all STDS in the United States occur among 15 to 25 year olds. It is estimated that two-thirds of the more than 15 million STDs diagnosed anually in the United States occur among people under the age of 25 * Approximately 3 million teenagers ( 1 in 4 sexually experienced adolescents) are infected with one or more STDs each year. * About 1 in 4 people contracts an STD by age 21. * Adolescents and young adults are at considerably higher risk for aquiring STDs than older adults. * Teenage women, age 15 to 19, have the highets rates of chlamydia an gonorrhea infections ( both potentially highly damaging STDs) of any age group in the United States. Three-fourths of all reported cases of chlamydia occur among 15 – 24 year olds. *Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), a prevalent and serious consequence of STDS, o
