Study Finds 1 in 4 US Teens Has a STD

March 11, 2008 By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer
Study Finds 1 in 4 US Teens Has a STD (AP)

Graphic shows results of CDC study on the prevalence of teen girl sexually transmitted diseases.

(AP) -- At least one in four teenage American girls has a sexually transmitted disease, suggests a first-of-its-kind federal study that startled some adolescent-health experts.


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quantum_flux
Mar 11, 2008

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Aren't they compiling these statistics by using the results from various STD testing clinics though? If that's the case, then I'm not sure if that's necessarily a good representitive sample population. However, if they using some other method of collecting the STD data to get a better representitive sample of the population, which I highly doubt though, then this is truly a cause for concern.

How many teens are there in the US? 12 million? 24 million?
agrawal2
Mar 11, 2008

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Quantum_flux - the study was based on a survey sent out to random girls in that age group who consented to being tested for those four STD's.

Please read the Wall Street Journal's Health Blog to get a better point of view on this study.

http://blogs.wsj....althblog
gopher65
Mar 12, 2008

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Dang those are frighteningly high figures 0_0!
herpesdate
Mar 12, 2008

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1 in 4 teen girls have std, reported by stdromance.com
superhuman
Mar 12, 2008

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Wow, thats alarming! The problem with condoms is that they highly diminish sensual pleasure so their acceptance and therefore effectiveness will always be limited.

A massive confidential screening campaign compounded by educational efforts and more research should be undertaken.
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