Either most people on this forum are internet nerds that don't have to worry about having ***. Or they just lied. I mean look at the statistics. Honestly it is something like 50 percent or something outrageous like that of people in their life contract at least one std before like 25 (this is a guess can't remember exact numbers) But just following statistics we have some liars on the polls 87 percent NEVER. yeah right. Well I guess we have youngins on here but I still to buy it as common as std's are unfortunately. Also you can tell people lied. only approx .12 percent of the us population. that is POINT 12. has hiv/aids (and most of the population on here is from the USA) but yet it tested at 5.47. Idiots always ruin polls
Bullshit.
His numbers are from here:
http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_statistics.cfm
ASHA's numbers don't add up, to me. I haven't spent the time, nor am I inclined to, to actually dissect their data gathering and reporting methods, but it's definitely over the top IME.
More accurate numbers, as reported by the US Centers for Disease Control for 2006:
chlamydia - ~300 per 100,000 (0.3%)
gonorrhea - ~100 per 100,000 (0.1%)
trichomoniasis - ~400 per 100,000 (0.4%)
other vaginitis - ~3,700 per 100,000 (3.7%) *this includes yeast infections, ya'll
HPV (high-risk) - ~8 per 100,000 (0.8%)
syphilis - less than 5 per 100,000 (chancroid - less than 0.5 per 100,000
genital herpes - ~350 per 100,000 (.3%) standard of error 20-30%
genital warts - ~400 per 100,000 (.4%) standard of error 20-40
HIV/AIDS - ~37,000 reported in 2005 from 33 states. Around 185,000 new cases diagnosed between 2001 and 2005 from those same 33 states.
So, assuming NONE of these were concurrent infections, and NONE of these people were repeat diagnoses (very common in many of these infections)... this leaves us with a grand total of about 2.3% of the population not including HIV/AIDS or other vaginitis. About 6% if you include all vaginitis. Another 6% in 5 years' time for new HIV/AIDS diagnosis.
So.... 2.3% of 300 million.... plus an HIV/AIDS diagnosis rate of just about 1.25% per year... maybe this is where they come up with their 50% number before 25??? Since over a 25-year period, you'd have about 2-3% per year infection rate....which approximates 50%? Who knows... like I said, I'm not gonna really pursue their numbers much. CDC is a pretty credible source, if you ask me. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif
Again, assuming NONE of those are repeat infections. Which is simply NOT true.
Numbers can be manipulated easily, people.
Question everything you hear, especially when it's sensational and shocking! Like the New York Times reporting on Sunday about how
American combat vets are on a killing spree since returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. lol