SEX STATISTICS - Teens - STDs and HIV

The following statistics are from The National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Familes, and can be found at www.nationalcoalition.org

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Teens - STDs and HIV

• In 2002, it was estimated that 3.2 million teens under the age of 15 were living with HIV.  AIDS, Sex & Teens.  www.avert.org.
• There are 40,000 new HIV cases each year and as many as 950,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. Study: Pattern of HIV infections shows blacks bearing the brunt, Steve Sternberg. 
  USA Today, 2 December, 2004.
• According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are 40,000 new HIV infections each year. CDC widens access to preventive HIV drugs, Anita Manning.  USA Today, 21 January, 2005.
• Only 116 of 270 adolescents (43%) who differentiated condom efficacy among STDs felt that condoms were very effective for HIV, although research has proven condoms to be highly effective against HIV based on lab and epidemiological findings.
  State of the Nation: Challenges Facing STD Prevention in Youth.  American Social Health Association, 2005.
• Forty percent of older adolescents surveyed by the Kaiser Family Foundation incorrectly believe that the contraceptive “pill” and “shot” protect against STDs and HIV.  State of the Nation: Challenges Facing STD Prevention in Youth.  American Social Health Association, 2005.
• Although African Americans compromise about 13% if the U.S. population, they accounted for over 50% of new HIV diagnoses reported in 2002 and 49% of AIDS diagnoses in 2003. Among women ages 13 to 24, African American and Hispanic females account for over 75% of reported HIV infections.  State of the Nation: Challenges Facing STD Prevention in Youth.  American Social Health Association, 2005.
• Half of all new HIV infections occur among adolescents.
  State of the Nation: Challenges Facing STD Prevention in Youth.  American Social Health Association, 2005.