Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 1993

Division of STD/HIV Prevention 

December 1994

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
Public Health Service 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
National Center for Prevention Services 
Division of STD/HIV Prevention 
Surveillance and Information Systems Branch 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333

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                           Suggested Citation

Division of STD/HIV Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Disease
Surveillance, 1993.  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public
Health Service.  Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
December 1994.

Copies can be obtained from Information Services, National Center for
Prevention Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, Mailstop E-06, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

                    
                    Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases

     --   Hospitalizations for acute and chronic pelvic inflammatory
          disease (PID) have continued to declined since the early 1980's
          (Figure_28).  However, initial visits to physicians' offices
          for PID have remained relatively constant (Figure_29).

     --   Since 1987, reported cases of chancroid have declined steadily
          (Table_1 and Figure_31).

     --   Comprehensive surveillance data for non-specific urethritis,
          viral STDs, and vaginitis are not available.  Current data are
          limited to estimates of trends in physicians' office practices
          provided by the National Disease and Therapeutic Index.  These
          data suggest that these diseases affect large numbers of persons
          each year (Figure_30, Figure_32, Figure_33 and
          Figure_34).

Figure_28. Pelvic inflammatory disease - Hospitalizations of women
               15-44 years of age: United States, 1980-1992    
Figure_29. Pelvic inflammatory disease - Initial visits to physicians'
               offices by women 15-44 years of age: United States, 1980-
               1993    
Figure_30. Nonspecific urethritis - Initial visits to physicians'
               offices by men: United States, 1966-1993    
Figure_31. Chancroid - Reported cases: United States, 1981-1993    
Figure_32. Human papillomavirus (genital warts) - Initial visits to
               physicians' offices: United States, 1966-1993    
Figure_33. Genital herpes simplex virus infections - Initial visits to
               physicians' offices: United States, 1966-1993    
Figure_34. Trichomonal and other vaginal infections - Initial visits to
               physicians' offices: United States, 1966-1993    

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