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Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 1996

Division of STD Prevention September 1997

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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Suggested Citation

Division of STD Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance,
1996. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service.
Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 1997.

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Figures in the National Profile

Chlamydia

Figure_1.   Chlamydia -- Number of states that require reporting of 
                Chlamydia trachomatis infections: United States, 1987-1996
Figure_2.   Chlamydia -- Reported rates: United States, 1984-1996
Figure_3.   Chlamydia -- Rates by state: United States and outlying 
                areas, 1996
Figure_4.   Chlamydia -- Rates by region: United States, 1984-1996
Figure_5.   Chlamydia -- Rates in selected U.S. cities of >200,000 
                population, 1984-1996
Figure_6.   Chlamydia -- Rates by gender: United States, 1984-1996
Figure_7.   Chlamydia -- Age- and gender-specific rates: United States, 
                1996
Figure_8.   Chlamydia -- Percent positivity among women tested in 
                family planning clinics by state: Region X, 1988-1996
Figure_9.   Chlamydia -- Percent positivity among 15-24 year old women 
                tested in selected family planning clinics by state, 1996
Figure_10.  Chlamydia -- Percent positivity among 15-44 year old women 
                tested in family planning clinics by HHS regions: 1996


Gonorrhea

Figure_11.  Gonorrhea -- Reported rates: United States, 1970-1996 and 
                the Healthy People year 2000 objective
Figure_12.  Gonorrhea -- Rates by state: United States and outlying 
                areas, 1996
Figure_13.  Gonorrhea -- Rates by region: United States, 1981-1996 and 
                the Healthy People year 2000 objective
Figure_14.  Gonorrhea -- Rates in selected U.S. cities of >200,000 
                population, 1981-1996 and the Healthy People year 2000
                objective
Figure_15.  Gonorrhea -- Rates by gender: United States, 1981-1996 and 
                the Healthy People year 2000 objective
Figure_16.  Gonorrhea -- Rates by race and ethnicity: United States, 
                1981-1996 and the Healthy People year 2000 objective
Figure_17.  Gonorrhea -- Age- and gender-specific rates: United States, 
                1996
Figure_18.  Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) -- Location 
                of participating clinics and regional laboratories: United
                States, 1996
Figure_19.  Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) -- Trends in 
                plasmid-mediated resistance to penicillin and tetracycline,
                1988-1996
Figure_20.  Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) -- Trends in 
                chromosomally mediated resistance to penicillin and
                tetracycline, 1988-1996
Figure_21.  Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) -- 
                Prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with decreased
                susceptibility or resistance to ciprofloxacin, 1990-1996
Figure_22.  Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) -- 
                Proportion of men with gonorrhea who report having a
                previous gonorrhea infection within the past year,
                1992-1996

Syphilis

Figure_23.  Syphilis -- Reported cases by stage of illness: United 
                States, 1941-1996
Figure_24.  Primary and secondary syphilis -- Reported rates: United 
                States, 1970-1996 and the Healthy People year 2000
                objective
Figure_25.  Primary and secondary syphilis -- Rates by state: United 
                States and outlying areas, 1996
Figure_26.  Primary and secondary syphilis -- Counties with rates above 
                and counties with rates below the Healthy People year 2000
                objective: United States, 1996
Figure_27.  Primary and secondary syphilis -- Rates by region: United 
                States, 1981-1996 and the Healthy People year 2000
                objective
Figure_28.  Primary and secondary syphilis -- Rates in selected U.S. 
                cities of >200,000 population, 1981-1996 and the Healthy
                People year 2000 objective
Figure_29.  Primary and secondary syphilis -- Rates by gender: United 
                States, 1981-1996 and the Healthy People year 2000
                objective
Figure_30.  Primary and secondary syphilis -- Rates by race and 
                ethnicity: United States, 1981-1996 and the Healthy People
                year 2000 objective
Figure_31.  Primary and secondary syphilis -- Age- and gender-specific 
                rates: United States, 1996
Figure_32.  Congenital syphilis -- Reported cases for infants <1 year 
                of age and rates of primary and secondary syphilis among
                women: United States, 1970-1996
Figure_33.  Congenital syphilis -- Rates for infants <1 year of age: 
                United States, 1981-1996 and the Healthy People year 2000
                objective

Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Figure_34.  Chancroid -- Reported cases: United States, 1981-1996
Figure_35.  Nonspecific urethritis -- Initial visits to physicians' 
                offices by men: United States, 1966-1996
Figure_36.  Human papillomavirus (genital warts) -- Initial visits to 
                physicians' offices: United States, 1966-1996 and the
                Healthy People year 2000 objective
Figure_37.  Genital herpes simplex virus infections -- Initial visits 
                to physicians' offices: United States, 1966-1996 and the
                Healthy People year 2000 objective
Figure_38.  Trichomonal and other vaginal infections -- Initial visits 
                to physicians' offices: United States, 1966-1996




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