FemiStats: Sexuaully Transmitted Diseases Rise, STD racial disparities continueMonday, November 16, 2009 at 6:56 pm — admin
The CDC's latest study on STDs found: * 1.2 million cases of chlamydia were reported in 2008, up from 1.1 million in 2007. * Nearly 337,000 cases of gonorrhea were reported. * Adolescent girls 15 to 19 years had the most chlamydia and gonorrhea cases of any age group at 409,531. * Blacks, who represent 12 percent of the U.S. population, accounted for about 71 percent of reported gonorrhea cases and almost half of all chlamydia and syphilis cases in 2008. * Black women 15 to 19 had the highest rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea. * 13,500 syphilis cases were reported in 2008, an almost 18 percent increase from 2007. * 63 percent of syphilis cases were among men who have sex with men. * Syphilis rates among women increased 36 percent from 2007 to 2008. Source: Reuters.com http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5AF14A20091116?pageNumb... Quote: |
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