Medical What Are the Demographic Trends for HPV Infections by Age?

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The discussion centers around finding reliable demographic data on HPV by age. A key resource mentioned is a study from the College of American Pathologists that examines HPV DNA results in relation to Pap tests. However, there is uncertainty about how this data translates to the general population, particularly regarding the percentages of individuals classified as high risk, low risk, or no risk for HPV. Clarification is sought on whether "high risk" refers to the likelihood of having HPV based on certain indicators or to the presence of high-risk HPV types. Additionally, a broken link was fixed to provide access to relevant tables that may offer further insights.
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I'm trying to find a source for the HPV demographics by age.

The best I found was:
The Value of Monitoring Human Papillomavirus DNA Results for Papanicolaou Tests Diagnosed as Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance: A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes Study of 68 Institutions

http://arpa.allenpress.com/archive/1543-2165/131/10/table/i1543-2165-131-10-1525-t08.gif

but I'm not sure how to relates this to the general population. The following table might shed some insight:

http://arpa.allenpress.com/archive/1543-2165/131/10/table/i1543-2165-131-10-1525-t02.gif

but it is of little good to me if I don't know what percentage of the population is high risk and what percentage is low risk. Also what percentage would no risk which isn't tested at all? Also High Risk, does that mean the person is of high risk of having HPV given some indicator or does it mean they have a high risk type of HPV?
 
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I fixed it now. I had to encode the brackets in the URL.
 

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