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- Approximately, 50 million people ages 12 and older are infected with genital herpes.
- Infection is more common in women (25%) than in men (20%). It is easier for a female to get it from a male than the other way around.
- Genital herpes infection also is more common among African Americans (45.9%) than among White Caucasian (17.6%).
- Since the late 1970s, the number of Americans with genital herpes infection has increased 30%.
- The largest increase of genital herpes is among young White teenagers.
- Genital herpes is twice as common among young adults ages 20 to 29 than it was 20 years ago.
- 1 million new cases occur each year in the U.S alone
- Eighty percent of people with genital herpes do not develop any symptoms, but can transmit the virus to other people.
- Herpes is common in all regions of the country and in both urban and rural areas. There are no significant differences in prevalence by
geographic location.
http://www.intheknowzone.com/herpes/stats.htm
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