North Carolina Is On The 10 States With the Highest STD Rates List
Welp, this is one list we didn’t want to have to share. And has led to things I never thought I would Google search. But alas here we are. A new report by US News and World Report revealed that North Carolina is one of the 10 states with the highest STD rates. US News reports that “rates and cases of major sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S. have been increasing”. The most recent data available from the CDC is from 2021 when more than 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea were reported. That is the data US News used for this study. Below are the statistics for North Carolina STD rates:
10. North Carolina STD Rates
Total STD Rate:Â 922.2 per 100,000
Chlamydia Rate:Â 603.3 per 100,000
Gonorrhea Rate:Â 271.2 per 100,000
Syphilis Rate (cumulative):Â 47.7 per 100,000
According to the CDC, those at highest risk for STDs are people under the age of 25, racial and ethnic minority groups, and gay or bisexual men. Let’s make sure we are using protection and getting tests regularly NC. The next time this data is studied I don’t want to see us on this list! Do your part. Here were the top 10 states:
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Alaska
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Arkansas
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
At least we fared better than South Carolina. Overall the South is disproportionately represented on this list. The CDC has some great info for those of you who are being a little adventurous these days and need to protect yourself. You can find that information here. The states on this list are the states with the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases per 100,000 population in 2021. This is according to available figures from the CDC and based on cumulative cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis reported by US News. You can read the full list and study here.