Study Shows: Risk of Getting Genital Warts Increase With Number of Sexual Partners

By Kelley Colihan

WebMD Health News reports (April 3, 2008) that nearly 6% of sexually active people have been diagnosed with genital warts, with 25-to-34-year-old women reporting the greatest percentage.

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey looked at 8,849 sexually active men and women aged 18 to 59 from 1999 to 2004.
Ten percent of young women aged 25-34 reported being diagnosed with genital warts (peak for women), compared with 6% of men aged 35-44 (peak for men).

The Risk of Genital Warts Increases When You Have
More Sexual Partners

The more sexual partners a person reported, the greater their chances of having been diagnosed with genital warts.

• Nearly 2% of people with one to two partners report having been diagnosed.
• 3% of people with three to five partners report having been diagnosed.
• 7.2% with six to 10 partners report having been diagnosed.
• Nearly 11% of people with 10 or more partners report having been diagnosed.

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