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Rates of syphilis by gender in the United States. In the United States rates of syphilis have increased among men between 2000 and 2007. [19] Rates are six times greater in men than women and seven times greater in African Americans than Caucasians. [19] More than 60% of cases are in men who have sex with men. [19]
Since 2000, rates of syphilis have been increasing in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and Europe, primarily among men who have sex with men. [34] Rates of syphilis among US women have remained stable during this time, while rates among UK women have increased, but at a rate less than that of men. [82] Increased rates among heterosexuals have ...
Chlamydia cases were relatively flat from 2021 to 2022, staying at a rate of about 495 per 100,000, though there were declines noted in men and especially women in their early 20s.
“And then when we talk about herpes type 1, which causes oral herpes or cold sores, it’s over 60 percent of the U.S. population over the age of 50 that has herpes type 1.”
Penicillin quickly became an effective and cost-effective treatment, and after the highest number of cases in the U.S. were recorded in 1943, cases declined over the next 80 years, CDC data shows.
Between 1945 and 1955 penicillin was used to treat over two million Americans for syphilis, and contact tracing was introduced. Syphilis prevalence dropped to an all-time low by 1955. A total of 6993 cases of primary and secondary syphilis were recorded in 1998, the lowest number since 1941. [86]
The soaring rates of syphilis come amid an “out of control” STD epidemic. Last year, the CDC reported that gonorrhea cases spiked by 28% across the country in 2021. Show comments
The Houston Health Department is in the midst of what it calls a “rapid community outreach response” because of syphilis cases increased by 128% among women from 2019 to 2022, and congenital ...