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Statistics
- There
are over 25 sexually transmitted diseases that affect over 13
million men and women in the U.S. each year.
- The
cost of care in the U.S. of sexually transmitted diseases exceeds
$10 billion dollars annually.
- Pelvic
Inflammatory Disease (PID) affects more than a million women each
year in the U.S.
- PID
can cause infertility and tubal/ectopic (in fallopian tubes, without
reaching the womb) pregnancy in as many as 10 percent of infected
women.
- It
is estimated that 800,000 cases of gonorrhea occur each year in
the U.S.
- The
annual cost of gonorrhea and its complications is $1.1 billion
dollars.
- Hepatitis
A, during epidemic years, before the late 1990s, the reported
number of cases reached 35,000 per year.
- In
the late 1990s, the widespread use of the hepatitis A vaccine
caused the number of cases to reach historic lows.
- One-third
of Americans display past evidence of hepatitis A infection, thus
showing immunity.
- About
15-25% of chronically (long term) hepatitis B infected persons
will die of this disease.
- It
is estimated that about 1.25 million Americans are chronically
infected with hepatitis B, of these, 20-30% acquired the infection
during childhood.
- Most
hepatitis C infections are due to illegal injection drug use.
- It
is estimated that 3.9 million Americans are infected with hepatitis
C, of whom 2.7 are chronically infected.
- Half
of new cases of HIV/AIDS affect people under age 25.
- A
total of 36.1 million people are estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS
worldwide. Of these, 34.7 million are adults, 16.4 million are
women, and 1.4 million are children under age 15.
- At
the end of the year 2000, an estimated 21.8 million people have
died from AIDS since the epidemic began. Of these, 17.5 million
were adults, including 9 million women, 4.3 million were children
under 15.
- During
2000, AIDS caused the deaths of an estimated 3 million people,
including 1.3 million women and 500,000 children under 15.
- Women
are becoming increasingly affected by HIV/AIDS. Approximately
47% or 16.4 million of the total 34.7 million adults living with
HIV or AIDS worldwide are women.
- Young
adults aged 13 through 24 years account for 4% of AIDS cases reported.
- Young
adults (13-24 years of age) account for 15% of HIV infection (not
developed into AIDS).
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