The explosion of STDs among our children is a hidden epidemic.
The explosion of STDs among our children is a hidden epidemic.
Still not convinced? I’ll let the facts speak for me:
- This year, 8 to 10 million teens will contract an STD
- Nearly one in four sexually active teens is living with an STD at this moment
- Nearly 50% of African-American teenagers have genital herpes
- Although teenagers make up just 10% of the population, they acquire 20 to 25% of all STDs.
- Herpes (specifically herpes simplex virus type 2) has skyrocketed 500% in the past 20 years among white American teenagers
- One in five children over the age of 12 tests positive for herpes type 2.
- Nearly one out of ten teenage girls has chlamydia, and half of all new chlamydia cases are diagnosed in girls 15 to 19 years old.
- STDs account for 87% of all cases reported of the top most frequently reported diseases in the United States in 1995.