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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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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Additional Figures in the Special Focus Profiles

STDs in Women and Infants

Figure_A.   Chlamydia -- Rates for women by state: United States and 
                outlying areas, 1996
Figure_B.   Gonorrhea -- Rates for women by state: United States and 
                outlying areas, 1996
Figure_C.   Primary and secondary syphilis -- Rates for women by state: 
                United States and outlying areas, 1996
Figure_D.   Congenital syphilis -- Rates for infants <1 year of age by 
                state: United States and outlying areas, 1996
Figure_E.   Ectopic pregnancy -- Hospitalizations of women 15-44 years 
                of age: United States, 1980-1994
Figure_F.   Pelvic inflammatory disease -- Hospitalizations of women 
                15-44 years of age: United States, 1980-1994
Figure_G.   Pelvic inflammatory disease -- Initial visits to 
                physicians' offices by women 15-44 years of age: United
                States, 1980-1996 and Healthy People year 2000 objective


STDs in Adolescents and Young Adults

Figure_H.   Chlamydia -- Percent positivity among women tested in 
                family planning clinics by age group: Region X, 1988-1996
Figure_I.   Chlamydia -- Percent positivity among 16-24 year-old women 
                entering the U.S. Job Corps by state of residence, 1996
Figure_J.   Gonorrhea -- Age-specific rates among women 10-44 years of 
                age: United States, 1981-1996
Figure_K.   Gonorrhea -- Age-specific rates among men 10-44 years of 
                age: United States, 1981-1996
Figure_L.   Primary and secondary syphilis -- Age-specific rates among 
                women 10-44 years of age: United States, 1981-1996
Figure_M.   Primary and secondary syphilis -- Age-specific rates among 
                men 10-44 years of age: United States, 1981-1996

STDs in Minorities

Figure_N.   Chlamydia -- Percent positivity among women tested in 
                family planning clinics by race and ethnicity: Region X,
                1988-1996
Figure_O.   Gonorrhea -- Reported rates for 15-19 year old females by 
                race and ethnicity: United States, 1981-1996
Figure_P.   Gonorrhea -- Reported rates for 15-19 year old males by 
                race and ethnicity: United States, 1981-1996
Figure_Q.   Primary and secondary syphilis -- Reported rates for 15-19 
                year old females by race and ethnicity: United States,
                1981-1996
Figure_R.   Primary and secondary syphilis -- Reported rates for 15-19 
                year old males by race and ethnicity: United States,
                1981-1996
Figure_S.   Congenital syphilis -- Rates for infants <1 year of age by 
                race and ethnicity: United States, 1991-1996

STDs in the South

Figure_T.   South -- Primary and secondary syphilis case rates by 
                county, 1996
Figure_U.   South -- Increases and decreases in cases of primary and 
                secondary syphilis in 1996 compared with 1995 cases, by
                county

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