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Venereal Disease Incidence by Race and Hispanic ethnicity, 2001-2005 |
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Non-Hispanic |
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White |
Black |
Hispanic |
Asian |
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Syphilis (reported cases) |
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|
2001 |
1,387 |
3,813 |
754 |
55 |
|
2005 |
3,524 |
3,615 |
1,370 |
156 |
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% Change, 2001-05 |
154.1% |
-5.2% |
81.7% |
183.6% |
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Syphilis (rate per 100,000 population) |
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2001 |
0.7 |
10.7 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
|
2005 |
1.8 |
9.8 |
3.3 |
1.2 |
|
% Change, 2001-05 |
157.1% |
-8.4% |
65.0% |
140.0% |
|
Gonorrhea (reported cases) |
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2001 |
58,323 |
271,871 |
26,190 |
2,935 |
|
2005 |
70,209 |
231,076 |
30,845 |
3,214 |
|
% Change, 2001-05 |
20.4% |
-15.0% |
17.8% |
9.5% |
|
Gonorrhea (rate per 100,000 population) |
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|
2001 |
29.4 |
762.0 |
70.3 |
24.6 |
|
2005 |
35.2 |
626.4 |
74.8 |
25.9 |
|
% Change, 2001-05 |
19.7% |
-17.8% |
6.4% |
5.3% |
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HIV/AIDS (cases by year of diagnosis) |
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|
2001 |
10,925 |
20,868 |
7,400 |
266 |
|
2002 |
10,723 |
19,372 |
6,654 |
305 |
|
2003 |
10,329 |
18,067 |
6,534 |
344 |
|
2004 |
10,639 |
17,389 |
6,251 |
351 |
|
2005 |
11,559 |
18,121 |
6,782 |
417 |
|
% Change, 2001-05 |
5.8% |
-13.2% |
-8.4% |
56.8% |
|
% Change, 2004-05 |
8.6% |
4.2% |
8.5% |
18.8% |
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Sources: Centers for Disease Control, STD Surveillance 2005. (Syphilis, Gonorrhea). |
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CDC, Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2005. Table 1.(AIDS) |
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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.
