Adults public knowledge STI rates U.S. 2019

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

Characteristic	Percentage of adults
More common	36%
Less common	11%
Stayed about the same	15%
Don't know enough to say	38%

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Release date

January 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

December 20 to 30, 2019

Number of respondents

1,215 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

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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