1. Welcome! Melissa Keyes DiGioia, Senior Sexual Health Educator/Trainer
The Center for Family Life Education
Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern NJ

3. Sexually
Transmitted
Infection

4. How do people get STIs?
sexual intercourse with someone who has an infection
intimate sexual contact (skin-to-skin)
direct blood contact (needle sharing or mother during pregnancy/child birth)

5. Types of STIs Bacterial Parasite Virus Curable with antibiotic Curable
Treatable but not curable

6. Most Common Symptom of an STI...

7. Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2009
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD & TB Prevention
Division of STD Prevention

9. Chlamydia—Rates by Age and Sex, United States, 2009
3,800
3,040
2,280
1,520
760
10–14
15–19
20–24
25–29
30–34
35–39
40–44
45–54
55–64
65+
Total
13.8
735.5
1,120.6
573.3
286.0
141.3
81.9
36.0
219.8
2.9
11.0
127.9
3,329.3
3,273.9
1,234.0
511.7
205.8
88.4
32.0
593.4
2.1
9.1
Men
Women
Rate (per 100,000 population)
Age

10. Gonorrhea—Rates by Age and Sex, United States, 2009
750
600
450
300
150
10–14
15–19
20–24
25–29
30–34
35–39
40–44
45–54
55–64
65+
Total
5.0
250.0
407.5
238.9
145.0
85.6
60.8
33.6
92.2
2.7
11.4
25.3
568.8
555.3
229.4
106.2
47.6
22.9
8.7
105.7
0.5
2.1
Men
Women
Rate (per 100,000 population)
Age

11. Primary and Secondary Syphilis—Rates by Age and Sex, United States, 200925 20 15 10 5
10–14
15–19
20–24
25–29
30–34
35–39
40–44
45–54
55–64
65+
Total
0.0
6.0
20.7
18.5
15.8
13.3
13.7
8.3
7.8
0.5
2.9
0.2
3.3
5.6
3.6
3.0
1.9
1.6
1.0
1.4
Men
Women
Rate (per 100,000 population)
Age

12. Human Papillomavirus—Prevalence of High-risk and Low-risk Types Among Females Aged 14–59 Years, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003–2004 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
50–59
40–49
30–39
25–29
20–24
14–19
Low-risk HPV*
Prevalence, %
High-risk HPV
Age
* HPV = human papillomavirus.
NOTE: Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals. Both high-risk and low-risk HPV types were detected in some females.
SOURCE: Dunne EF, Unger ER, Sternberg M, McQuillan G, Swan DC, Patel SS, et al. Prevalence of HPV infection
among females in the United States. JAMA. 2007;297(8):813-9.
Copyright ©2007 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.

13. Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2—Seroprevalence in Non-Hispanic Whites and Non-Hispanic Blacks by Age Group, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1976–1980, 1988–1994, 1999–2004, 2005–2008
1976–1980
1988–1994
1999–2004
2005–2008 20 40 60 80
100
40–49
30–39
20–29
14–19
All Ages*
Percentage
Non-Hispanic Whites
Age
Non-Hispanic Blacks
* Age-adjusted by using the 2000 U.S. Census civilian, noninstitutionalized population aged 14–49 years as the standard.
NOTE: Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals.

14. Preventing STIs
Be faithful