Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 1995

Division of STD Prevention

September 1996

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 
Division of STD Prevention 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333

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Division of STD Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance,
1995. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service.
Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 1996.

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                Additional Figures in the Special Focus Profiles

STDs in Women and Infants

Figure_A.  Chlamydia -- Number of states with reporting laws for
               Chlamydia trachomatis infections and reported rates: United
               States, 1987-1995 
Figure_B.  Chlamydia -- Rates for women by state: United States, 1995
Figure_C.  Chlamydia -- Percent positivity among women tested in family
               planning clinics by state: Region X, 1988-1995
Figure_D.  Chlamydia -- Percent positivity among 15-24 year-old women
               tested in selected family planning clinics by state, 1995
Figure_E.  Ectopic pregnancy -- Hospitalizations of women 15-44 years of
               age: United States, 1980-1993

STDs in Adolescents and Young Adults

Figure_F.  Chlamydia -- Percent positivity among women tested in family
               planning clinics by age group: Region X, 1988-1995
Figure_G.  Gonorrhea -- Age-specific rates among women 10-44 years of
               age: United States, 1981-1995
Figure_H.  Gonorrhea -- Age-specific rates among men 10-44 years of age:
               United States, 1981-1995
Figure_I.  Chlamydia -- Percent positivity among 16-24 year-old women
               entering the U.S. Job Corps by state of residence, 1995

STDs in Minorities

Figure_J.  Chlamydia -- Percent positivity among women tested in family
               planning clinics by race and ethnicity: Region X, 1988-1995
Figure_K.  Gonorrhea -- Reported rates for 15- to 19-year-old females by
               race and ethnicity: United States, 1981-1995
Figure_L.  Gonorrhea -- Reported rates for 15- to 19-year-old males by
               race and ethnicity: United States, 1981-1995
Figure_M.  Congenital syphilis -- Rates for infants <1 year of age by
               race and ethnicity: United States, 1991-1995 and the Healthy
               People year 2000 objective

STDs in the South

Figure_N.  South -- Primary and secondary syphilis case rates by county, 
               1995
Figure_O.  South -- Increases and decreases in cases of primary and
               secondary syphilis in 1995 compared with 1994 cases, by
               county
Figure_P.  Primary and secondary syphilis -- Rates in African-Americans
               by region: 1981-1995

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