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Dummpy good analysis using the WHO figures. For an in Canada perspective with more recent data see the links below: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/std-mts/stidata97-06/chlamydia-eng.php http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/std-mts/stidata97-06/gonorrhea-eng.php http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/std-mts/stidata97-06/syphilis-eng.php HIV reported cases to public health agency Public Health Agency of Canada. HIV and AIDS in Canada. Selected Surveillance Tables to June 30, 2007 Full reportat http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/aids-sida/publication/survreport/pdf/tables0607.pdf Link below is a excellent read for a good overview of the Canadian HIV landscape. Estimates of HIV prevalence and incidence in Canada, 2005 http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/06vol32/dr3215ea.html "...Approximately 58,000 Canadians were estimated to be living with HIV infection. This number will likely increase as new infections continue and survival improves due to new treatments, which will mean increased future care requirements. An estimated 2,300 to 4,500 new infections occurred in Canada in 2005, slightly higher than was estimated for 2002. However, the increase cannot be stated with certainty due to the level of precision associated with the estimates; a firmer conclusion is that overall incidence is not decreasing." 'Abstaining' Teens Still Get STDs Study Finds Those Who Pledge Virginity Less Likely To Use Condoms Teens who pledge to remain virgins until marriage have the same rates of sexually transmitted diseases as those who don't pledge abstinence, according to a study that examined the sex lives of 12,000 adolescents. Those who make a public pledge to abstain until marriage delay sex, have fewer sex partners and get married earlier, according to the data, gathered from adolescents ages 12 to 18 who were questioned again six years later. But the two groups' STD rates were statistically similar. The problem, the study found, is that those virginity "pledgers" are much less likely to use condoms. Complete story at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/09/health/main604877.shtml