Interesting statistics

[quietlylooking]

From a recent study of women presenting at STD or sexual health clinics in the U.S.:

"Overall, 7.4% (3,743/50,785) of women reported receptive anal intercourse during the 2 years. Of the 2,818 women tested at both the genital and rectal sites for C trachomatis, 292 women were positive (61 genital only, 60 rectal only, and 171 at both sites). Of the 2,829 women tested at both the genital and rectal sites for N gonorrhoeae, 128 women were positive (31 genital only, 23 rectal only, and 74 at both sites). Among women tested at both anatomic sites, the proportion of missed C trachomatis infections would have been 20.5% and for N gonorrhoeae infections, 18.0%"

Are these numbers consistent with your preconceptions?

 

[occasional_lovers]

I 'm not a health professional, but I think that the non-use of condom as well as the "anus-to-vagina" penetration [both practices exemplified by pornography] have played a part in the findings.
However, what I find really remarkable is the number of women who haven't had anal sex during the last two years. Even if we suppose that half of those 50,785 women may have had no intercourse of any kind (due to age, culture, lack of partner, lack of interest in sex by her or by her partner etc.), there is still another half who have, and the number of 3,743 out of 25,392, or 14.75%, is too low for what I thought.

 

[HoldYouDown]

Self-reporting sex statistics are practically meaningless. As for the rest, I didn't have any preconceptions on the subject.