If AIDS is sexually transmitted how can one explain these figures: -

AIDS CASES IN 2001
http://www.avert.org/eurosum.htm

France 1528
Holland (legal prostitution) 45
Sweden (legal prostitution/very sexually liberated) 42
Denmark (as above) 74

These current statistics hardly suggest a link between AIDS and sexual
activity.
...so does that mean that people in France are less likely to use condoms
than in Holland, Denmark and Sweden?

Actually the EXACT REVERSE IS TRUE.
Durex study: -
[url]http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/10198/96961[/url]

"The number 2 country in the Durex survey (amount of sexual activity) is
the Netherlands, where people say they have sex 158 times a year, followed
by Denmark at 152. The average among all the countries is 139, with the
USA falling just short at 138.

While people are still underprotecting themselves from sexually
transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancies, according to the
Durex Global Sex Survey, the French are the least likely to have had
unprotected sex. Just 22 percent said they have not used protection,
compared to 61 percent in Sweden who did not take precautions."
___

France had over 1528 AIDS cases in 2001
(http://www.avert.org/eurosum.htm) compared to 42 in Sweden BUT uses
condoms almost 300% more than people in Sweden.
Confused? The lower the condom usage the lower the AIDS. Not exactly what
you have been taught?

HERE ARE THE ORIGINAL FIGURES ADJUSTED FOR THE POPULATION'S OF THE
RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES INVOLVED.
AIDS CASES (RATE PER THOUSAND POPULATION).

Sweden .047
Denmark .139
Holland .028
France .268
CONDOM USE (as percentage of population)
FRANCE 78%
DENMARK 39% (EXACTLY HALF OF FRANCE)

and yet the rate of French AIDS cases is 1.93 (nearly twice as high*)
compared to Denmark. In other words half the condom use creates twice the
AIDS (cases not death) rate.
When you adjust for the higher number of sex acts per year in Denmark (152
v. 143) shown in the Durex study (compared to France) the figure shows
that DOUBLE THE CONDOM USAGE RESULTS IN (OVER) DOUBLE THE AIDS CASES.

This is fairly consistent in ALL European countries and so cannot be
dismissed as a anomaly.

Clearly it seems that 'Safe Sex' is natural sex after all.