CDC: Teen Girls Have Highest STI Rate
More than 400,000 U.S. teen girls ages 15-19 were infected with the sexually transmitted diseases of chlamydia and gonorrhea in 2008, health officials say. The annual report on sexually transmitted diseases released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found more than 1.5 million cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea were reported last year. Left untreated, it is estimated that 10 percent to 20 percent of chlamydia or gonorrhea infections in women can result in pelvic inflammatory disease, which can lead to long-term complications, such as chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy (a potentially life-threatening form of pregnancy where implantation of the fertilized egg occurs outside the uterus), and infertility.
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Cases and Rates of Chlamydia in Selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Cases and Rates of Gonorrhea in Selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Cases and Rates of Syphilis in Selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas
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