College is a time when students start to explore and flourish sexually (no homo). Being sexually active is always fun and exciting but here are some surprising stats that college students might want to know before you decide to "bump and grind" again.
STDs
- over the next 4 to 5 years: 85% of us will earn a college degree, and 25% will contract an STD
- 63% of all STD cases occur among people less than 25 years of age
- 24 million new cases of human papilloma virus (HPV) occur every year, including the highest percentage among college students.
- 66% of chlamydia, syphilis and gonorrhea infections occur in during college
PREGNANCY
- Approximately 2 out of 5 young women in the U.S. become pregnant at least once before turning 20 years old.
- Condoms,the most common form of contraceptive, can still have up to a 13% failure rate.
- "The Pill" the 2nd most common form of contraceptive among college students, has up to a 7% failure rate
The decisions that you make now will shape the rest of your life. Your decision to go to college was one of the best decisions that you have ever made. Don't let one stupid decision like having unprotected sex ruin your whole college experience. As many of you know sex is one of the most exciting experiences that you can have during your lifetime, but as some of you already know and some of you will soon learn, an STD or an unplanned pregnancy can be one of the worst experiences that can change your entire life.I am not saying that we all must be sexless during our college career, but I would encourage that we all make smart and sound decisions about our sexuality.
For more information on STD causes, preventions, and precautions, CLICK HERE
BE SMART
BE SAFE
WRAP IT UP!!!!
1 comments:
In HED 165 they say a condom has 3% failure rate (pregnancy), mostly because of human error (they don't know how to wrap it properly). And the pill had like a 1% or less failure rate.
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