| Ratio of people living with a viral STD in the U.S. |
1 in 5 |
| Number of people living with a viral STD in the U.S. |
50 million |
| Federal cost to diagnose and treat STDs other than HIV/AIDS each year |
$8 billion |
| Country with the highest STD rates in the industrialized world |
U.S. |
| CDC estimate of new cases of STDs that occur each year in the U.S. |
15.3 million |
| Percent of people infected who are unaware |
80% |
| Percent of people living with AIDS in the U.S. 50 years old and older |
27% |
| Percent of marriages ending in divorce opening door to STDs |
43% |
| Group with the highest rates of STDs in the U.S. |
Students |
| Ratio of college students geting STDs each year in the U.S. |
1 in 5 |
| People's biggest fear when having sex with someone for the first time |
HIV & STDs |
| Average number of sexual partners men have during lifetime |
15 |
| Average number of sexual partners women have during lifetime |
11 |
| Percent of men who have told lies in order to have sex |
34% |
| Percent of women who have told lies in order to have sex |
10% |
| Percent of men who have been involved with more than one person that their current partner doesn't know about |
68% |
| Percent of women who have been involved with more than one person that their current partner doesn't know about |
59% |
| Percent of men who would understate the number of their previous partners in order to convince someone to have sex |
47% |
| Percent of women who would understate the number of their previous partners in order to convince someone to have sex |
42% |
| Number of new HIV infections each year in the U.S. |
45,000 |
| Number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. |
1.3 million |
| Percent of people infected with HIV in the U.S. who don't know |
25% |
| Federal funding for HIV/AIDS for FY 2007 |
$22.8 billion |
| Lifetime medical cost per new case of HIV |
$618,900 |
Source:
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
"Sex, Lies, and HIV" The New England Journal of Medicine
Beta Research Corporation
Kaiser Family Foundation
Avert
ASHA
CDC |
