Worldwide Survey by International Dating Service, DatingClub.com, Reveals 40% of Respondents Still Playing `Russian Roulette' With STD's.Lifestyle Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2000 In response to an Internet survey conducted during the month of September 2000 by the largest online international dating and matchmaking Matchmaking Matricide (See MURDER.) Kecal marriage broker whose plans are foiled by a pair of lovers. [Czech Opera: Smetana The Bartered Bride in Osborne Opera, 32] Levi, Dolly service, two out of five respondents indicated that they either don't or only occasionally use condoms when having sexual intercourse sexual intercourse or coitus or copulation Act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract (see reproductive system). . The survey also revealed that only 48 percent of those responding reported that they always use condoms, thus protecting themselves against sexually transmitted diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely (STD's). The survey was conducted by DatingClub.com, an international service that has members in more than 60 countries worldwide and is translated into nine languages. Approximately 70 percent of its 1.3 million members reside in the United States. Throughout the month of September, members were asked to choose from four categories relating to their use of condoms: use them always, most of the time, occasionally and never. According to officials of DatingClub.com, 48 percent of those responding to the survey reported that they use condoms all the time, 12 percent most of the time, 31 percent occasionally and nine percent never use condoms during intercourse. The United States Department of Health & Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. reports that 15 million people are infected by STD's each year. Among them, according to the U.S. Office of National Aids Policy The Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) coordinates the continuing domestic efforts to reduce the number of new infections in the United States. In addition, the Office works to coordinate an increasingly integrated approach to the prevention, care and treatment of , 40,000 Americans annually contract the HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. Virus, 20,000 of which are between the ages of 13 and 24. Of the affected teenagers, it reports the highest percentage is minorities, 49 percent being African-American and 20 percent are Hispanic. Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood A service mark used for an organization that provides family planning services. , the world's oldest and largest voluntary family planning organization, indicated in a recent report that condoms were 98 percent effective when used "perfectly" and 86 percent reliable when used "typically." Further, the report stated that in a four-year study of sexual interaction between couples where one partner had the HIV Virus, there was a 100 percent success rate in the other partner not contracting the disease if a condom was used. |
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