STDs on the rise in Britain

by India Voice    August 22, 2008

With the cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) reaching new heights in the UK, health experts have blamed Brits abroad for bringing back infections.

Experts have warned that risky sex among Brit's youth has driven the numbers of STIs to new highs in the UK.

The overall total of STIs last year was six per cent higher than in 2006, according to the Health Protection Agency.

Of 380,000 newly diagnosed cases, 200,000 related to people aged 16 to 24.

This age group accounted for two-thirds of all chlamydia cases, 55 per cent of all genital warts and half of all gonorrhoea sufferers.

A study found that 40 per cent of young women do not carry or use condoms when they go abroad.

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