statistics on herpes - Herpes Message Board

haydes · 05-30-2004, 04:05 PM

wat are the statistics on the the amount of people with herpes

05-30-2004, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by haydes

wat are the statistics on the the amount of people with herpes

1 in 5 adults has herpes. I think it's like 80% of them don't know they even have it. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks.

myblusky · 05-31-2004, 09:10 AM

It depends on which type of herpes are you talking about. A study was done of nursing home patients and 90% tested positive for type I - although only about 20% of the people who have type I ever have coldsores.

As for type II - I've read several stats that say its 1 in 5 men and every 1 in 4 women.