Deck 12: Prevalence of Hiv Infection and Aids Among Young Adults, Ages 13 to 24

Question 1

What percentage of HIV-infected adults were infected as young adults?

Answer 1

About 40%

Question 2

Young adults are defined as ages _____ to _____.

Answer 2

13 to 24

Question 3

Young adults make up _____ percent of the total HIV-infected population in the United States.

Answer 3

20

Question 4

Young adults in general do not believe oral sex is sex.

Question 5

If you were an HIV-positive young adult, would you tell others? Choose one and discuss.
A. Yes
B. Only with family and close friends
C. Only once I reached adulthood
D. Only if I planned to have sex
E. No
F. An option not listed

Question 6

There are _____ billion people ages 13 to 24 in the world.

Question 7

What percentage of new HIV infections now occur among young adults?

Question 8

Ending 2012, of the 38 million people living with HIV/AIDS globally, how many will be young adults?

Question 9

Of those HIV-infected by age 24, how many, if not on ART, will die by age 35?

Question 10

Ending 2012, what percentage of young adult women with HIV/AIDS will be living in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, North America, and the Caribbean?

Question 11

What percentage of young adult women believe birth control pills are a form of safer sex?

Question 12

"3 to 6 sex" means _____.

Question 13

One danger of abstinence-only education is _____.

Question 14

Entering year 2011, how many federal and state dollars have been spent on abstinence education in the United States?

Question 15

What percentage of young adults live in developing countries?

Question 16

How many young adults live in the United States?