New CDC Report Shows Growth in STDs Among Americans
Gonohorrea, syphilis on the rise in recent years following decades of decline
BY: Charles Fain Lehman
October 8, 2017 5:00 am
A recently released report from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) found an increase in sexually transmitted diseases in America in 2016, continuing a sharp reversal from decades of lower rates.
Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2016, released by the CDC in September, covers trends in so-called notifiable diseases, most notably chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. All three diseases saw increases between 2015 and 2016 in their rate of cases per 100,000 population: chlamydia increased by 4.7 percent, syphilis by 17.6 percent, and gonorrhea by 18.5 percent. These increases show up across all regions, both sexes, and all racial and ethnic groups.
These jumps are part of a years-long trend in U.S. STD rates. Rates chlamydia infection have grown essentially continuously since the CDC began tracking them in 1984. Syphilis hit a historic low in 2001— 2.1 cases per 100,000—before rising 314 percent to today’s rate. Gonorrhea also hit a historic low in 2009; the 2016 rate is 48 percent higher.
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