Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 1994

Division of STD Prevention

September 1995

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (proposed)
Division of STD Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia 30333

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Division of STD Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance,
1994. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service.
Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 1995.

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Additional Figures for the Special Profile

STDs in Women and Infants
Figure_A. Chlamydia - Number of states with reporting laws for Chlamydia
              trachomatis infections and reported rates: United States, 
              1987-1994
Figure_B. Chlamydia - Rates for women by state: United States, 1994    
Figure_C. Chlamydia - Percent positivity among women tested in family 
              planning clinics by state: Region X, 1988-1994    
Figure_D. Ectopic pregnancy - Hospitalizations of women 15-44 years of 
              age: United States, 1980-1993

STDs in Adolescents and Young Adults
Figure_E. Chlamydia - Percent positivity among women tested in family 
              planning clinics by age group: Region X, 1988-1994    
Figure_F. Gonorrhea - Age-specific rates among women 10-44 years of age: 
              United States, 1981-1994    
Figure_G. Gonorrhea - Age-specific rates among men 10-44 years of age: 
              United States, 1981-1994    

STDs in Minorities
Figure_H. Chlamydia - Percent positivity among women tested in family 
              planning clinics by race and ethnicity: Region X, 1988-1994    
Figure_I. Gonorrhea - Reported rates for 15- to 19-year-old females by 
              race and ethnicity: United States, 1981-1994    
Figure_J. Gonorrhea - Reported rates for 15- to 19-year-old males by 
              race and ethnicity: United States, 1981-1994    
Figure_K. Congenital syphilis - Rates for infants <1 year of age by 
              race and ethnicity: United States, 1991-1994    

STDs in the South
Figure_L. South - Primary and secondary syphilis case rates by county, 
              1994
Figure_M. South - Increases and decreases in cases of primary and 
              secondary syphilis in 1994 compared with 1993 cases, by 
              county     
Figure_N. Gonorrhea - Rates by state, standardized for race and ethnic 
              distribution of the population: United States, 1994
Figure_O. Primary and secondary syphilis - Rates by state, standardized
              for race and ethnic distribution of the population: United 
              States, 1994
Figure_P. Primary and secondary syphilis - Rates in African-Americans by 
              region: 1981-1994

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