""Don T, thank you for that figure but it is no help.
Where is it from?
Is it stable or rising?
What is the corresponding figure for MSMs?""

1. Official government figures, also recently reported on by the BBC.
2. Latest figure, as far as I can make out, and if they are reporting on it now, that in itself suggests a rise.
3. You know this already. 4% infected with HIV, which you claim as a homosexual disease, so, presumably a similar situation with other STDs, else HIV would be higher too.

Since these figures are based on percentages of the various groups, MSMs come over as being somewhat safer, wouldn't you say. More especially as there has been NO equivalent to the 500% increase in UK acquired hetero infections.

I suspect, when they stop separating young women, and give figures based on ALL heteros, it will be vastly worse.

This may well be the reason for giving figures only for young females. As I said above, "Where do young heterosexual females acquire their STDs?" Do I hear anyone whispering "Young heterosexual males"?

Don T.