Knowledge about HPV
| True | False | Don’t Know | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HPV is the virus that causes herpes | 20% | 27% | 51% |
| Genital warts are caused by HPV | 38% | 7% | 53% |
| HPV is the virus that can cause cervical cancer | 39% | 8% | 51% |
| The best way to prevent complications caused by HPV is to have regular Pap smears* | 48% | 9% | 41% |
| If a woman’s Pap smear is normal, she doesn’t have HPV | 13% | 39% | 46% |
| Changes in a Pap smear may indicate that a woman has HPV | 42% | 5% | 51% |
| Genital warts are caused by the herpes virus | 32% | 28% | 38% |
| HPV can cause cancer | 44% | 8% | 47% |
| Pap smears will almost always detect HPV | 18% | 21% | 59% |
| Symptoms of HPV: warty growths | 28% | 20% | 52% |
| If untreated, HPV can cause pre-cancer or cervical dysplasia | 30% | 20% | 50% |
| What increases risk of getting HPV: | |||
| Sex before the age of 16 | 22% | 75% | 3% |
| Multiple sexual partners | 69% | 28% | 3% |
| Your partner has many sexual partners | 65% | 33% | 2% |
* Pap smear, Papanicolaou smear.