United States boasts of highest STD Rate

According to several reports, half of all young Americans will contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD) by the age of 25 because they are either ignorant about protection options or are simply too embarrassed to ask.

Another report revealed that approximately 18.9 new cases of sexually transmitted diseases among teens aged 15 to 24 years old occurred in the year 2000. The three diseases accounting for 88 percent of new cases were genital warts, trichomoniasis, (STD caused by a parasite) and Chlamydia (bacterial STD).

Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis infections rose again in the United States in 2006, the second year in a row that rates of these sexually transmitted bacterial infections increased.

The rate of chlamydia increased by 5.6 percent between 2005 and 2006, with more than 1 million reported chlamydia cases in 2006 -- the highest number of annual U.S. cases ever for any sexually transmitted disease. According to the CDC, the reported cases of chlamydia are likely less than half the actual occurrence.

The rate of gonorrhea rose 5.5 percent in 2006, with more than 350,000 cases reported, and the rate of syphilis rose 13.8 percent, with nearly 10,000 cases.

About 19 million new sexually transmitted infections occur each year in the U.S., almost half among people ages 15 to 24. “This is a hidden epidemic,” said Dr. Stuart Berman, who helps track STD’s for the CDC.

What about India ? THere is huge cry about HIV infection but are other STDs prevented or controlled ?
These are some conditions that need to be addressed today.

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