Since teh % of tehgeneral population in the US that has or has had some STI or STD is abot 25%. You might want to get another source for your herpies infection rate.
Here is the CDC site. Great place to do research.
For example:
How common is genital herpes?
Results of a nationally representative study show that genital herpes infection is common in the United States. Nationwide, 16.2%, or about one out of six, people 14 to 49 years of age have genital HSV-2 infection. Over the past decade, the percentage of Americans with genital herpes infection in the U.S. has remained stable.
Genital HSV-2 infection is more common in women (approximately one out of five women 14 to 49 years of age) than in men (about one out of nine men 14 to 49 years of age). Transmission from an infected male to his female partner is more likely than from an infected female to her male partner.
Originally Posted by Bubba3452
Yes that figure is for only one form of herpes ( Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) ) . That is not the % of people over 40 with all forms of herpes .
The higher the age group goes the higher the percent goes . There is no cure for herpes , so the longer you live the more likely you are to contract herpes .