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Get the Facts !
- Every year
3 million teens--about 1 in 4 sexually active teens-get a Sexually
Transmitted Disease (STD).1
- Chlamydia
and gonorrhea are more common among teens aged 15-19 than any
other age group.2
- In 2005,
research showed nearly half of high school students have had sex.3
- Some studies
show that up to 15% of sexually active teenage women are infected
with the human papillomavirus (HPV), many with the type of HPV
that is linked to cervical cancer.4
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There are ways
to protect yourself and iwannaknow.org can help.
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Sources:
1 AGI, Sex and America's Teenagers, New York: AGI,
1994, pp. 19-20.
2
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention STD Surveillance Report
2004.
3 Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
- U.S., 2005
4 Donovan
P, Testing Positive: Sexually Transmitted Disease and the Public
Health Response, New York: AGI, 1993, p. 24-25.
If
you have questions or concerns about sexually
transmitted infections (STIs), please call
ASHA's STI Resource Center
919-361-8488
Health communication specialists are available to answer questions
between 9am and 8pm, ET, Monday through Friday.
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