New Jersey One Of The Best Places To Have 'Safe Sex'

Looking for love in all the wrong places?

Come to New Jersey - you should be safe.

A “State by State Safer Sex Index” study sponsored by the makers of Trojan Brand Condoms has just been released, ranking states on eight indicators of sexual health.

New Jersey is number 5, behind only Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire and Hawaii.

The study scores states on two measures of safer sex: sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and contraception. These scores are added to get an overall safer-sex score for each state.

Each measure is made up of four closely associated indicators:

STDs

• HIV diagnoses, rate per 100,000 population
• Gonorrhea cases, rate per 100,000 population
• Syphilis cases, rate per 100,000 population
• Percent of adults reported ever receiving a HIV test

Contraception

• State mandates sex education in schools must cover contraception
• State mandates STD/HIV education in schools must cover contraception
• Percent of high schools in which teachers taught essential condom use topics
• Births to mothers aged 15-19, rate per 1,000

New Jersey has 21.11 HIV cases per 100,000 people, and 2.6 syphilis cases per 100,000. More can be found clicking here.

Here is the whole list:

1. Vermont
2. Maine
3. New Hampshire
4. Hawaii
5. New Jersey
6. Rhode Island
7. West Virginia
8. Washington
9. Idaho
10. Oregon
11. Montana
12. Colorado
13. Wisconsin
14. Iowa
15. Connecticut
16. Wyoming
17. Minnesota
18. Utah
19. Virginia
20. North Dakota
21. Nebraska
22. Massachusetts
23. Kansas
24. New Mexico
25. Delaware
26. Pennsylvania
27. California
28. Illinois
29. Kentucky
30. Michigan
31. Indiana
32. South Dakota
33. Maryland
34. North Carolina
35. New York
36. Missouri
37. Ohio
38. Oklahoma
39. South Carolina
40. Arizona
41. Alabama
42. Alaska
43. Nevada
44. Arkansas
45. Tennessee
46. Texas
47. Florida
48. Mississippi
49. Georgia
50. Louisiana