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STD roundup- abstinence and gonorrhea

It would seem that abstinence is causing people to have less sex, but the sex they have is less safe.

The study found that the STD rates for whites who pledged virginity was 2.8 percent compared with 3.5 percent for those who didn't pledge. For blacks, it was 18.1 percent and 20.3 percent. For Asians, 10.5 percent of virginity pledgers had STDs compared with 5.6 percent of non-pledgers. For Hispanics, it was 6.7 percent and 8.6 percent.

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The study also found that in communities where at least 20 percent of adolescents pledged the STD rates for everyone combined was 8.9 percent. In communities with less than 7 percent pledgers, the STD rate was 5.5 percent.

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he study's other findings:

• 59 percent of males who did not pledge abstinence used a condom during sex; only 40 percent of male pledgers used a condom.
• 28 percent of female non-pledgers were tested for STDs in the previous year, compared to 14 percent of female pledgers.
• 99 percent of non-pledgers and 88 percent of pledgers have sex before marriage.

In the boston area an outbreak of drug resistant gonorrhea has cropped up. This isn't the first out break in the US but it is the worst...

Posted by pqbon at March 10, 2004 2:37 PM | TrackBack