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Young people lead rise in sexual infections
CASES of sexually transmitted infections are rising twice as fast in Yorkshire as the rest of the UK, shocking figures reveal today.
A total of 32,564 people were newly diagnosed with an infection in the region last year - up 11 per cent on 2006.
Across the UK there was a six per cent increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to nearly 400,000.
Health experts warned younger people they must take more precautions amid evidence half of all newly diagnosed cases affect 16-24-year-olds, who account for an eighth of the population.
That age group accounted for 65 per cent of all chlamydia cases (79,557 out of 121,986), 55 per cent of all genital warts (49,250 out of 89,838) and half of gonorrhoea (9,410 out of 18,710).
Overall, new cases of genital herpes rose 20 per cent while there was a 7 per cent rise in genital warts and chlamydia.
New cases of gonorrhoea fell 1 per cent, while there was also a small decline in syphilis of 0.2 per cent.
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