According to the 2005 Durex Global Sex Survey, the average age at which Americans have their first sex education is 12.5 years, which makes the United States tied for twelfth with Australia, Japan, and the United Kingdom out of forty-one countries ranked in that category. Germany ranks first, with the average age of first sex education at 11.3 years.
According to the 2008 Durex Face of Global Sex Report, 76.3% of Americans are confident that they know where to get information about sex, which makes the United States rank eighth out of twenty-six countries ranked in that category. Brazil ranks first, with 79.9% of Brazilians confident that they know where to get information about sex.
According to Durex, 84.5% of Americans are confident that they know how to avoid pregnancy, which makes the United States rank seventh out of twenty-six countries ranked in that category. South African ranks first, with 86.5% of South Africans confident that they know how to avoid pregnancy.
According to Durex, 73.1% of Americans are confident that they know how to have a happy and satisfying sex life, which makes the United States rank twelfth out of twenty-six countries ranked in that category. Brazil ranks first, with 79.6% of Brazilians confident that they know how to have a happy and satisfying sex life.
According to the World Bank, 0.6% of the U.S. population between the ages of 15 and 49 had HIV in 2007, which makes the United States tied for sixty-second with Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Switzerland, St. Lucia, and Uruguay in that category. Swaziland ranks first, with 26.1% of the population between the ages of 15 and 49 living with HIV.
In the world as a whole, 0.8% of the population between the ages of 15 and 49 are living with HIV.
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According to the website, toptenreviews.com, in 2006 the pornography industry in the United States had per capita revenues of $44.67, which makes the United States rank seventh in that category. South Korea ranked first, with per capita pornography revenues of $526.76.
According to the site toptenreviews.com, in 2006 the pornography industry in the United States had revenues of $13.33 billion, which was enough to make the United States rank fourth out of sixteen countries ranked in that category. China ranked first, with revenues of $27.4 billion.
According to the 2007-2008 Durex Global Sex Survey, 48% of American adults are satisfied with their sex lives, which makes the United States tied with Canada for ninth out of twenty-six countries ranked in that category. Nigeria ranks first, at 67%.
According to the 2007-2008 Durex Global Sex Survey, 53% of American adults have sex at least once a week, which makes the United States tied for twenty-fourth with Nigeria, out of twenty-six ranked countries. Greece ranks first, at 87%.
According to the 2005 Durex Global Sex Survey, 43% of Americans state that they own at least one vibrator for sexual enhancement, a rate that makes the United States tied for second (with the United Kingdom) in that category. Taiwan ranks first, with 47% stating that they own a vibrator.
