STDs+statistics


 * STDs Statistics and Numbers

** > are infected with an STD each year. > an incurable viral STD other than HIV. Stats: Chlamydia is the most commonly reported infectious disease in the United States. Black women are seven times more likely than White women to be affected. Hompage Link: STDs David and Spencer
 * 1) In 2005, African-Americans were five times more likely than Whites to contract syphilis.
 * 2) In 2005 African-Americans contracted gonorrhea at a rate 18 times greater than their White counterparts.
 * 3) Genital herpes is more common in women (1 out of 4) than in men (almost 1 in 5).
 * 4) One out of 20 people in the U.S. have had HBV
 * 5) More than 12 million Americans, 3 million of whom are teenagers,
 * 1) At least 1 person in 4 will contract an STD at some point in his or her life.
 * 2) As many as 56 million American adults and adolescents may have
 * 1,030,911 cases of chlamydia
 * 358,366 cases of Gonorrhea
 * 9,756 cases of syphilis