- More than 10,000 teens between 13 and 19 years of age have been diagnosed with HIV in the United States.
- Over 70% of HIV infections among U.S. women are due to heterosexual transmission.
- Women may be biologically more vulnerable than men to contracting HIV through heterosexual intercourse because infected semen stays in contact with the vaginal secretions remain on the penis.
- People under twenty-five now carry the highest risk of contracting HIV worldwide.