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Teen Facts
Every year, 3 million teens - about 1 in 4 sexually active teens... get a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD). Chlamydia is more common among teens than among older men and women.

Teens have higher rates of gonorrhea than do sexually active men and women aged 20-44.
Some studies show that up to 15% of sexually active teenage women are infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV), many with the type of HPV that is linked to cervical cancer.
1 in 4 children between 12-18 have an STD

Teen Sites
Planned Parenthood has a great site for teens
www.teenwire.com/

Go Ask Alice! Sexual Health (scroll down to the section on herpes)
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/

What's New:
www.iwannaknow.org/

An educational service by Pfizer Inc
www.unspeakable.com/facts/facts.jsp