Herpes Statistics
• According to the most current herpes statistics, 25% (actual 24.63%) of the sexually active population in the United States has genital herpes.
• Herpes statistics indicate that the fastest growing population acquiring genital herpes in the U.S. is adolescent whites.
• 90% of the U.S. population will have herpes simplex 1/cold sores by the time they reach the age of 50.
• Most people who have genital herpes have 4-5 active outbreaks in the first year.
• Approximately 80% of people with genital herpes have recurrent outbreaks.
• Stress is one of the highest contributors to herpes outbreaks.
• In the last 40 years, outbreaks of genital herpes in the United States have increased by 30%.
• Up to 80% of the U.S. population with herpes is undiagnosed.
• More women ( 1 in 4) than men have genital herpes (1 in 5)
• 67 million people in the United States have genital herpes.
• In the United States, 500,000 new cases of genital herpes are reported each year.
• 1 million people in the United States are infected with the genital herpes virus each year.
• African countries have a high incidence of genital herpes.
• Asian and Middle-Eastern countries have the lowest incidence of genital herpes.
• 12% of Australians are infected with genital herpes.
• There are more cases of genital herpes than of any other viral sexually transmitted
disease.
• Every thirty seconds another person contracts genital herpes.
• In the U.S. there are more than 2,056,080 pharmacy claims each year related to genital herpes.
• In 1994 the cost of genital herpes in the United States was $207 annually.
• 1 in 4 pregnant women has genital herpes, but the majority of these women have no symptoms and do not know they have the disease.
• Herpes statistics have proven that among women who do develop their very first outbreak of the herpes virus in the last trimester of the pregnancy and have a vaginal delivery, the baby has a 30-50% chance of acquiring herpes, even if the expectant mom showed no herpes symptoms.
• Between 20% and 25% of all pregnant women are infected with genital herpes.
• Less than 0.01% of pregnant women who have genital herpes will have any complications during pregnancy because of their infection with the herpes virus.
• Up to one-half of all babies born vaginally during the time the mother has open sores will develop herpes.