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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), are infections that are commonly spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex and oral sex. [1] [2] The most prevalent STIs may be carried by a significant fraction of the human population.
[2] [5] While South Africa's large population of HIV-positive people is attributable to its high disease prevalence (17.3%, one of the highest in the world), Nigeria's is lower at 1.3%. [1] However, countries such as Nigeria with high HIV rates above 1% are classified as having Generalized HIV Epidemics (GHEs) by UNAIDS. [6]
CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010; STD photo library Archived 21 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Dermnet; UNFPA: Breaking the Cycle of Sexually Transmitted Infections at UNFPA; STDs In Color: Sexually Transmitted Disease Facts and Photos; CDC: Sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S. STI Watch: World Health ...
Nationally, Texas ranked in the top half of states seeing high rates of multiple types of STDs in 2022, including chlamydia and syphilis.
The county has 255 more cases of Chlamydia per 100,000 people than the state average, along with elevated rates of Gonorrhea and HIV/AIDS. STD rates in Muscogee County are significantly higher ...
Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.
Jul. 8—MANKATO — Blue Earth County's chlamydia rate improved in 2021, according to Minnesota's annual report on sexually transmitted diseases, but it remains one of the highest rates in the state.
America's Health Rankings started in 1990 and is the longest-running annual assessment of the nation's health on a state-by-state basis. It is founded on the World Health Organization holistic definition of health, which says health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.