well, I had a hand full of warts when I was kid, so probably.
How Common Is HPV?
About 20 million people in the U.S. are infected with HPV at any time, according to the CDC. And three-fourths of sexually active people between ages 15 and 49 have been infected at some point in their lives, according to estimates from the American Social Health Association.
You're more likely to get HPV if you:
- Have sex at an early age
- Have many sex partners
- Have a sex partner who has had multiple partners
While many people think HPV is mostly a problem for
teens or young adults, HPV can infect men and women of any age. In fact, the latest statistics from the CDC found that:
- 19% of women ages 50 to 59 were infected with HPV virus
- 27% of women ages 20 to 24 were infected with HPV virus
- 45% of women ages 14 to 19 were infected with HPV virus