Indiana ranked in top half of US for gonorrhea, chlamydia

INDIANAPOLIS — A brand new report from the CDC reveals Indiana ranks within the prime half of all states when monitoring the speed of gonorrhea and chlamydia.

The Sexually Transmitted Illness Surveillance report compiled information from 2020 and located 2.4 million reported circumstances nationwide of gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and congenital syphilis.

There have been 133,945 reported circumstances of syphilis in 2020 — a 52% soar from 2016. Reported gonorrhea circumstances went up 45% to 677,769. Chlamydia circumstances noticed a slight 1.2% lower from 2016. In 2020, there have been 1.6 million circumstances.

In a rating of reported chlamydia circumstances by state, Indiana got here in at No. 20 with a charge of 495.7 circumstances per 100,000 folks. A complete of 33,372 circumstances have been reported in Indiana for 2020. Mississippi had the best charge with 803.7 circumstances per 100,000 inhabitants.

Indiana had the twenty first highest gonorrhea charge with 209.6 per 100,000 inhabitants. There have been 14,111 reported circumstances whole within the Hoosier state. Mississippi additionally had the best charge of gonorrhea per 100,000 folks: 462.8.

Indiana was thirty fifth when monitoring the speed of major and secondary syphilis. The speed was 7.8 per each 100,000 folks. Nevada, the No. 1 state, had a charge of 24.9 per 100,000 folks.

The Hoosier state was additionally among the many lowest ranked states for congenital syphilis. It was forty third with a charge of seven.4 circumstances per each 100,000 reside births. New Mexico was the best with 182.9 circumstances per each 100,000 reside births.

The report got here with this assertion from the CDC:

In 2020, COVID-19 considerably affected STD surveillance and prevention efforts. This report displays the realities of a strained public well being infrastructure, whereas concurrently offering probably the most present information on reported circumstances of STDs in the US. Traits introduced on this report ought to be interpreted cautiously.