AFRO-NETS> Calculating condom failure rates

[Phoenix Savage <pmsavage@olemiss.edu>]

Calculating condom failure rates
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This is very interesting, based upon the formula provided, can you 
better explain what exactly is contributing to the yearly decline in 
the success rates? You did not indicate that prevalence is increas-
ing, so if it is stable at 35% (as an example) then why is the fail-
ure rate of condom usage increasing? And if the prevalence rate is 
fluctuating, as prevalence rates of any disease states do, then why 
does the formula assume that even with proper usage of a condom that 
prevalence of HIV/AID would be on the up swing, or that even with 
proper usage, condoms are more likely to fail then be helpful? These 
facts escape my understanding?? Please explain.

Thanks,

Phoenix Savage
mailto:pmsavage@olemiss.edu

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