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Table 3 Knowledge about the risk factors for HPV infection

From: Reducing incidence of cervical cancer: knowledge and attitudes of caregivers in Nigerian city to human papilloma virus vaccination

What are the risk factors for HPV infection?

Frequency

Percent

Don’t know

89

40.3

Unprotected sex and multiple partners

20

9.0

Frequent cervical contact

1

0.5

Cancer and genital warts

15

6.8

Death

22

10.0

Promiscuity

58

26.2

Adolescence

2

0.9

Use of condom

1

0.5

Infection

2

0.9

In the womb

1

0.5

Early sex

1

0.5

Child birth

1

0.5

Stroke

1

0.5

Bleeding

1

0.5

Sickness

2

0.9

Vaginal discomfort

4

1.9

Total

221

100.0