Unsafe
Sex Making U.S. Standout
The public
health burden related to unsafe sexual activity is three times
higher in the U.S. than in other developed nations, according
to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nearly all the premature deaths and adverse health consequences
are preventable. Sexual behavior can lead to a variety of harmful
consequences, such as unintended pregnancies and infections.
20 million
cases of adverse health conditions (7532 per 100,000 population)
and 30,000 deaths (1.3 percent of U.S. deaths) were a consequence
of unsafe sexual behavior. The majority of this public health
burden falls on women - 62 percent of behavior-related adverse
health events. Cervical cancer was the leading cause of sex-related
mortality among women, followed by HIV. Men suffered the majority
of deaths (66 percent), primarily from HIV.
The
Holistic Wisdom Corporation