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 kevinjjones rated 4 months ago - Re: that putative 25% STD infection rate among teen girls. From the page: "The CDCâ€s announcement, and the many subsequent media reports, said that the study surveyed 838 girls and women. But the study relies on data from only 590 females who were tested for all four diseases and another 25 gi...
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- kevinjjones rated 4 months ago
- Re: that putative 25% STD infection rate among teen girls. From the page: "The CDCâ€s announcement, and the many subsequent media reports, said that the study surveyed 838 girls and women. But the study relies on data from only 590 females who were tested for all four diseases and another 25 girls who were tested for three or fewer diseases and had one positive result. Although another 223 women were examined, they were excluded because of incomplete test results.
The dataâ€s complexity and the small sample size mean that the studyâ€s â€oerelative standard error” is greater than 30 percent, according to briefing charts presented by Forhan two days after the press conference"
"Because of the study, "we got some really good press, and we've been able to get the [budget] discussion on the table," said Don Clark, the executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors,"
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