Porn Industry Statistics

  • 66% of porn stars have Herpes, a non-curable disease.
  • Chlamydia and Gonorrhea among performers is 10x greater than that of LA County 20-24 year olds.
  • 70% of sexually transmitted infections in the porn industry occur in females.
  • 25 HIV cases among porn performers since 2004 reported by Adult Industry Medical Healthcare.
  • 20 suicides and 28 drug related deaths among performers that we know of since 2000.
  • Over 100 straight and gay performers died from AIDS.
  • The largest group viewing online pornography is ages 12 to 17.
  • More than 11 million teens regularly view porn online.
  • Worldwide pornography revenue in 2006 was $97.06 billion. Of that, approximately $13 billion was in the United States.
  • There are 4.2 million pornographic websites, 420 million pornographic web pages, and 68 million daily search engine requests.

References:
http://www.courttv.com/talk/chat_transcripts/2001/0723mitchell.html
http://bixbyprogram.ph.ucla.edu/lectureslides/Kerndt_5-21-08.ppt
http://www.shelleylubben.com/2009-la-public-health-report-adult-film-industry
http://www.shelleylubben.com/articles/Lubben_SecondaryEffects.pdf
http://www.shelleylubben.com/articles/DeathsSince1999.pdf
http://www.indopedia.org/List_of_HIV-positive_individuals.html
http://www.parthen-impact.com/cgi-bin/pco/6_05STD/public/index.cgi?unit=pub_search_results&form_id=303&abstract_id=522&fsession=yes
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20041018-9999-lz1n18adult.html
http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/internet-pornography-statistics.html
http://www.nationalcoalition.org/stat.asp