This statistic shows the percentage of adults in the United States who stated sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have become more common, less common, or stayed about the same over the last ten years as of 2019. Only 36 percent of adults answered that STIs have become "more common", which was the correct answer.
Percentage of adults who stated sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) have become more or less common over the past ten years in the United States as of 2019
Sexually transmitted infections, known commonly as STIs or STDs, including gonorrhea, chlamydia, genital herpes, syphilis and human papillomavirus or HPV. Excludes HIV or AIDS.
Original question: "Over the past ten years, do you think STIs have become (more common) among adults in the U.S., (less common), or do you think the
rates of STIs among adults in the U.S. have stayed the same over the past ten years, or do you not know enough to say?"
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (January 22, 2020). Percentage of adults who stated sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) have become more or less common over the past ten years in the United States as of 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1234996/adults-public-knowledge-sti-rates-us-past-decade/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of adults who stated sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) have become more or less common over the past ten years in the United States as of 2019." Chart. January 22, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1234996/adults-public-knowledge-sti-rates-us-past-decade/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2020). Percentage of adults who stated sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) have become more or less common over the past ten years in the United States as of 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1234996/adults-public-knowledge-sti-rates-us-past-decade/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of Adults Who Stated Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Stis) Have Become More or Less Common over The past Ten Years in The United States as of 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1234996/adults-public-knowledge-sti-rates-us-past-decade/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of adults who stated sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) have become more or less common over the past ten years in the United States as of 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1234996/adults-public-knowledge-sti-rates-us-past-decade/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Percentage of adults who stated sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) have become more or less common over the past ten years in the United States as of 2019 [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, January 22, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1234996/adults-public-knowledge-sti-rates-us-past-decade/
