HOLLAND
Legal prostitution.
Massive red light district.
Population: - 16,318,199 (Jan. 2004)
Median age: - 38.7
Death rate: - 8.67 per 1,000
Life expectancy: - 78.68
HIV/AIDS Prevalence (adult) 0.2%
People living with 'AIDS' : - 17,000
Total deaths: - 110 (2001 est)
COMMENT
Legal prostitution and very liberal sexual attitudes and yet only one thid the prevalence of 'AIDS' compared to America.
The Phillipines with up to half a million prostitutes and low condom usage has one sith the prevalence of 'AIDS' compared to America. ONE SIXTH!
Japan also has high prostitution but very low 'AIDS'.
To #98:
Holland; very high condom use (the workers insist on it) and their legalized prostitution includes government run medical checkups and clinics where infected prostitutes lose their license. With so many licensed "workers" the vast majority of "Johns" only use the "legal" ones.
The comments about Japan and the Phillipines are conjecture and not documented or researched. For instance - Japan's high prostitution rate, high compared to where? In both cases there are no facts.
LOL at "massive". I might be wrong, but I think the red light district is only in Amsterdam, and it's far from massive.