Trends in selected sexual risk behaviors were not consistent across racial/ethnic sub-groups (Table 28).

The latest increase might be an isolated occurrence among homosexuals who have ignored sexual risks, the Federal agency said in its weekly report.

That's because I have written this book primarily for committed, monogamous couples who know each other to be safe from sexual risk.

But the consequences of all sexual risks are relative.

"They do it because the sexual risk fulfills a need, or somehow makes them feel better about themselves."

Such confounding variables could be drug use, alcohol abuse, diet, and sexual risk taking.

Green said that according to the "best studies," condoms makes people take wilder sexual risks, thus worsening the spread of the disease.