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03/27/2014
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A survey by the Federal University of São Paulo ( UNIFESP) with young people across the country and released on Tuesday reveals that a third of young people between 14 and 25 do not use condoms during sexual intercourse .
According to the 2nd National Survey on Alcohol and Drugs ( Lenad ) , 34.1 % of young people said they never or hardly ever using contraception.
According to official data , in Brazil about 340 million people with AIDS are treated , most with freely distributed in networks of public health medicine . However , it is estimated that the actual number of HIV carriers can reach about 500 thousand, if we consider the cases do not appear in official statistics or those in whom the disease is not yet fully manifested .
The study also indicated that the UNIFESP 32% of women between 14 and 20 years became pregnant at least once in their lifetime . Of this total , 12.4% were natural or induced abortion . The World Health Organization ( WHO ) considers pregnancy in this age group as early pregnancy .
"Within the statistics of abortion, found that 8% of young people had abortions often performed in clandestine clinics , which put girls at risk ," said Clarice Sandi Madruga , one of the researchers responsible for the study .
About alcohol use , the study revealed that 30% of young males reported having driven drunk . While among women the rate is only 4 % .
Source : Survey Info
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