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The British way of STIs
  • Chlamydia infection is currently the most common STI in the UK
  • Nationally there has been a 70% increase in 16-l9 years olds accessing genito-urinary medical centres (GUMs) between l998-99
  • 16-20 year olds are having sex 133 times a year - 23 times more than the national average
  • The l6-21 age group perceive HIV and other sexually transmitted infections as having little to do with them
  • A Department of Health survey shows that only a third of women under 50 and 13% of men aged under 70 had heard about chlamydia
  • Women aged 20-39 were most likely to know about the symptoms, effect and treatment of chlamydia
  • Four in 10 of the survey's respondents said what they heard about HIV and AIDS had encouraged them to use a condom
  • 37% of men aged under 70 and 32% of women under 50 had used a condom in the last 12 months
  • Women in their early twenties are most likely to use the contraceptive pill
  • Between a fifth and a quarter of women questioned aged under 35 used condoms
  • 48% of men and 56% of women used a condom solely to prevent pregnancy
  • Half the respondents said they used a condom whenever they had sex
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