Most STDs can be "silent," causing no noticeable symptoms.
· More than half of all people will have an STD/STI at some point in their lifetime.
· The estimated total number of people living in the US with a viral STD/STI is over
65 million.
· One in two sexually active persons will contact an STD/STI by age 25.
· One out of 20 people in the United States will get infected with hepatitis B (HBV) some
time during their lives. Hepatitis B is 100 times more infectious than HIV.
· It is estimated that as many as one in five Americans have genital herpes, a lifelong (but
manageable) infection, yet up to 90 percent of those with herpes are unaware they have it.
· Over 6 million people acquire HPV each year, and by age 50, at least 80 percent of women
will have acquired genital HPV infection.
· Each year, there are almost 3 million new cases of chlamydia, many ofwhich are in
adolescents and young adults.