Highest Risk:
18% street youth (CDC, STD Surveillance 2001)
15% young women in juvenile detention centers (CDC,
STD Surveillance 2001)
50% 18-21 year olds in high drug sale/use community
infected with HSV-2 (Friedman, 1997)
African American youth
Chlamydia rate 7x higher among 15-19 year old women
HPV type 16 prevalence among women: African American
(27%), white (17%), Hispanic (12%)