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Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

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Also, from Reuters:
�Sex-Disease Chlamydia Rife Among Japanese Teens�
Reuters (12.02.04)
A screening of 3,190 male and female high school students from 13 schools in Japan�s main northern island of Hokkaido found an average 11.4 percent testing positive for chlamydia, the Yomiuri Shimbun recently reported. The results are considered nationally reflective of teen sexual activity, the Yomiuri said, adding to concerns of increasing sexual activity among Japanese youths. Asahikawa Medical University�s Dr. Hirohisa Imai led the survey.
The percentage of students testing positive did not greatly surprise AIDS expert and Kyoto University professor Masako Kihara � who was not involved in the study � because chlamydia is the most prevalent STD among teenagers. �If it really is spreading this fast, it shows that there�s a lot of unprotected sex going on, and that other sexual diseases could also be spread,� she said.
That prospect also concerns officials, particularly the potential of spreading HIV. Japan reported 976 new HIV cases in 2003, the highest annual figure yet and one-tenth of the nation�s total cases reported since 1985. At least 33 percent of new HIV cases involved Japanese under age 29.

JimDunlop2 · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Japan

Sorry. My bad. not 25%. 10-11% looks like is the correct figure.

Significant though when the article also says that...

DoctorPayne · Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:25 am Post subject:

Yes this topic has gone awry, but it has also become very educational too. That rate of 10-15% is absolutely crazy. Shows what happens when ignorance prevails over common sense. I wonder what they're doing to stop this. Chlamydia may be curable but a lot of the other ones aren't and Japan could quickly find themselves in some serious trouble...