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Of the estimated 18.9 million new STD cases in the USA in 2000, 9.1 million (48 percent - almost half) were among 15- to 24-year-olds. [CDC]

The cost to treat (not necessarily cure) newly-acquired STDs among this age group each year is estimated at $6.5 Billion.

[Alan Guttmacher Institute]

 
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As a medical doctor, the best prescription I can give to avoid infection with a sexually transmitted disease is abstinence until marriage and a life-long, mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected partner. * Tom Coburn MD, retired US Congressman, Family Practice

 
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