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Is it 80% out of 1/5 or On Top of 1/5?


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This article says that the 1/5 stat is only accounting for people that are aware the have herpes. It says that the 90% of people who don't know are in addition to that.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/colette-kenney/dating-with-herpes_b_1609226.html

According to DatingWithHerpes.org (DWH.org) about 45-60 million Americans have genital herpes. That's roughly 14-20 per cent of the U.S. population. And this statistic only includes the people who are aware that they have the virus. According to DWH.org "Most people with genital herpes have infrequent, mild, or no noticeable symptoms, and 90 per cent of them are totally unaware that they even have it." And that, according to DWH.org is because "surprisingly, most doctors do NOT include a blood test for herpes even when they are testing their patients for other common STDs."

 

 

Can someone clarify this?

 

Does it mean that if 1/5 people in America have it and know, and that's only 1/10 of the projected number, then .. wait that doesn't make sense.. ?? Help please.

 

I thought it was 90% of the 1/5 aren't aware they have it.

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It's 80-90% of those who have it don't know it.... don't know where they got their info:

 

http://www.cdc.gov/std/Herpes/STDFact-Herpes-detailed.htm

 

How common is genital herpes?

 

Genital herpes infection is common in the United States. CDC estimates that, annually, 776,000 people in the United States get new herpes infections.22. Nationwide, 15.5 % of persons aged 14 to 49 years have HSV-2 infection. 21 The overall prevalence of genital herpes is likely higher than 15.5% because an increasing number of genital herpes infections are caused by HSV-1. 2 HSV-1 is typically acquired in childhood; as the prevalence of HSV-1 infection has declined in recent decades, people may have become more susceptible to genital herpes from HSV-1. 1

 

HSV-2 infection is more common among women than among men (20.3% versus 10.6% in 14 to 49 year olds).23 Infection is more easily transmitted from men to women than from women to men. HSV-2 infection is more common among non-Hispanic blacks (41.8%) than among non-Hispanic whites (11.3%). This disparity remains even among persons with similar numbers of lifetime sexual partners. For example, among persons with 2–4 lifetime sexual partners, HSV-2 is still more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks (34.3%) than among non-Hispanic whites (9.1%) or Mexican Americans (13%).20 Most infected persons are unaware of their infection. In the United States, an estimated 87.4% of 14–49 year olds infected with HSV-2 have never received a clinical diagnosis. 21

 

The percentage of persons in the United States who are infected with HSV-2 decreased from 21.2% in 1988–1994 to 15.5% in 2007-2010. 21

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