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"   If you&amp;#039;re making a trip to Sweden anytime soon, you might want to pack your own condoms.  The Nordic country which has produced such hotties as Alexander Skarsgard and Prince Carl Philip has something called an annual &amp;quot;Kadiskollen&amp;quot;\u2014it literally translates into &amp;quot;condom check.&amp;quot; Basically, it looks to see how condom use is going in the country. Anyway, it&amp;#039;s unveiled some kinda scary results: Overall, only about 25 percent of Swedes are wrapping it up. About half of the under 35 set are using condoms, which is um, slightly better? But overall, those numbers look pretty grim to us.  Until...we realized America isn&amp;#039;t that much better when it comes to keeping Trojan in business.  About 60 percent of our teenagers are using condoms, and the numbers only drop from there as the average person&amp;#039;s age increases.  According to a study in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, only 1 in 4 couples in committed relationships use condoms. The scariest statistic though? Only 1 in 3 single peeps wrap it up.  It&amp;#039;s worth noting that the same study in The Journal of Sexual Medicine found that both men and women rated sex just as arousing and pleasurable regardless of whether condoms or lubes were put into play.  And the added bonus? Well, we all know this one: Decreased risk of STDs, unwanted pregnancies, etc.  Now, how do you say that in Swedish?  Want more stories from Carson? Follow her on Twitter. Photo Credit: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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