I read the paper, and the scary part is that the number is actually higher. They only included 8 of the common infections, and they estimated how many of them they thought were actually sɛҳuąƖly-transmitted. Only those were included in the final totals.
Since Tele mentioned that these news articles are ignoring the breakdown by sex, here are the totals from their data:
All Ages:
- Men: 50,627,400
- Women: 59,569,500
Ages 15-24y:
- Men: 10,489,200
- Women: 11,673,500