The United States has the highest rates of STDs in the industrialized world. jes sum links:
stds/hiv"Although more than 65% of American youths engage in sexual intercourse by the age of 18, the U.S. Congress continues to allocate
$50 million per year for state abstinence-only education programs."-
linksadly that sounds like a major waste of $$$ ta me =/...
stdsstd stats n the usstds/stis"STDs IN THE U.S.
— 65 million people in the U.S. have incurable STDs
— At least 1 in 4 Americans will contract an STD in their lifetime
— Teenagers make up one-fourth of all new STD infections
— Herpes is the most common STD in the U.S., affecting 45 million people
— Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B are the only vaccine treatable STDs"
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link worldwide std statsthis is sum scary stuff...makes u really fink bout things...*shivers*...makes me more sure of my choices ive made...
