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In just one year, 1999-2000, gonorrhoea rose by 31% in males and 26% in females.
In the same year, chlamydia, one of the major causes of infertility in women, rose by 17% - and the number of cases has doubled in just six years.
Chlamydia is a particularly dangerous disease because in many cases symptoms do not become apparent for some time.
Failure to treat the condition increases the risk of infertility, or of life-threatening ectopic pregnancy.
It is estimated that 9% of sexually active women under 25 have chlamydia. The infection could be responsible for a third of all infertility cases.
In the same year, chlamydia, one of the major causes of infertility in women, rose by 17% - and the number of cases has doubled in just six years.
Chlamydia is a particularly dangerous disease because in many cases symptoms do not become apparent for some time.
Failure to treat the condition increases the risk of infertility, or of life-threatening ectopic pregnancy.
It is estimated that 9% of sexually active women under 25 have chlamydia. The infection could be responsible for a third of all infertility cases.
There was a decline in the number of STIs in the late 1980s and early 1990s in the wake of the government's publicity campaign about HIV epidemic.
However, many sexually active teenagers now have no recollection of the campaign.
The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles published last autumn showed that people were first having sex at a younger age than ever before, and that more people were regularly switching sexual partners, and having concurrent sexual relationships.
However, many sexually active teenagers now have no recollection of the campaign.
The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles published last autumn showed that people were first having sex at a younger age than ever before, and that more people were regularly switching sexual partners, and having concurrent sexual relationships.
And that's just the girls...
It's nice to find someone here who doesn't care for all that "getting off" with people in clubs - that doesn't gain you any pleasure and just increases the risk of diseases spreading.
Britain has a major problem.
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