Palestinian Family Survey 2010 Final Report - Palestinian Central ...

PCBS: Palestinian Family Survey, 2010Awareness of sexually transmitted diseasesThe young people who took part in the PFS in 2010 were questioned about their knowledge of sexually transmitteddiseases. Almost all youth 15-29 years (100 percent) stated that they heard about AIDS with similar percentages in theWest Bank and Gaza Strip. Awareness about AIDS has improved compared to 88 percent reported in The PalestinianFamily Health Survey, 2006.Results show that around only one out of three have heard about Gonorrhea in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.However variation exist between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in youth knowledge about syphilis and genitalwarts where youth in the West Bank reported hearing about these disease more compared to those in the Gaza Strip.Awareness about sexually transmitted diseases varied slightly by age with interestingly higher percentage of awarenessreported by those aged 20-24 years old.Table PY.17: Knowledge of Sexually transmitted diseasesPercentage of Youth aged 15-29 years who have heard about sexually transmitted diseases by Region, Age and Type ofDisease, State of Palestine, 2010Age and RegionDiseaseSyphilis Gonorrhea Fungal infections AIDS Genital wartsWest Bank15-19 7.4 35.0 15.2 99.4 6.8 1,11220-24 16.2 38.8 20.6 99.9 11.2 89725-29 18.3 32.1 16.5 99.5 7.3 68315-29 13.2 35.5 17.4 99.6 8.5 2,692Gaza Strip15-19 19.0 34.7 16.0 99.5 4.4 71620-24 26.2 35.8 17.8 99.4 4.4 54225-29 22.4 35.0 20.2 100.0 7.3 39315-29 22.3 35.2 17.7 99.6 5.2 1,651State of Palestine15-19 11.6 34.9 15.5 99.4 5.9 1,82820-24 19.8 37.7 19.6 99.7 8.8 1,43925-29 19.8 33.2 17.8 99.7 7.3 1,07615-29 16.5 35.4 17.5 99.6 7.3 4,343Number of Youthage 15-29 years153