Missouri/St. Louis County

• “In Saint Louis County, there were 2,539 cases of Chlamydia reported in 2001. About three-fourths of these cases occurred among persons younger than age 24.”
• “In St. Louis County, gonorrhea incidence has declined steadily since 1990 when 3,401 cases were reported. During 2001, though, 1,864 cases were reported among County residents, a 7.7% increase from the year 2000. Almost half of these cases occurred among persons age 22 or younger.”
• “Missouri reported 11,646 AIDS cases to CDC, cumulatively from the beginning of the epidemic through December 2007. Missouri ranked 20th highest among the 50 states in cumulative reported AIDS cases.”
• Sources/more info
  • http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/Doh/STD_site/chlamydia.html
  • http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/Doh/STD_site/gonorrhea.html
  • http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/stateprofiles/pdf/missouri_profile.pdf 

•  “In 2008, 1,210,523 cases of sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis infection were reported to CDC. This is the largest number of cases ever reported to CDC for any condition. This case count corresponds to a rate of 401.3 cases per 100,000 population, an increase of 9.2% compared with the rate in 2007.” 
• “In 2008, 336,742 cases of gonorrhea were reported in the United States, corresponding to a rate of 111.6 cases per 100,000 population, decreased from the rate in 2007 of 118.9 cases.”
• “The rate of P&S syphilis has increased each year since 2001, mostly in men, but also in women for the past four years. In 2008, 13,500 cases of P&S syphilis were reported to CDC. This is the highest number of cases since 1995.”
• One in five has an STD
• Two-thirds of all STDs occur in people 25 years of age or younger
• One in four new STD infections occur in teenagers
• STDs, other than HIV, cost about $8 billion each year to diagnose and treat 
• One in five Americans have genital herpes, yet 90 percent of those with herpes are unaware they have it.
• At least one in four Americans will contract an STD at some point in their lives.
• “About 1 out of every 250 people in the United States carries HIV. About 40,000 people in the United States become infected with HIV every year.”
• “One in five adult Americans have genital herpes, but at least 80 percent of those with herpes are unaware they have it. It is estimated that more than 45 million Americans are infected with the virus, and an estimated 200,000 - 500,000 people acquire new infections every year.”
• Sources/more info
  • http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats08/natoverview.htm, July 13, 2010
  • http://www.simplexlove.com/std-statistics/ citing the American Social Health Association, www.ashastd.org
  • http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/Doh/STD_site/HIV.html
  • http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/Doh/STD_site/herpes.html 

• In 1999, 116,500,000 adults (ages 15 to 49) were infected with an STD, or 3.8% of the world’s adult population
• South and Southeast Asia have the highest rate of Chlamydia infection in 1999 with almost 43,000,000 cases reported. That area of the world also has the highest rate of gonorrhea and syphilis infection, too
• Source/more info
  • http://www.avert.org/std-statistics.htm