Compare the national statistics with Idaho STDs statistics

United States and Idaho Statistics : Keeping track

Recent years have seen a relatively new public health issue threatening Americans , especially the women in our society . Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs ) have come to the fore as the latest issue that public health authorities have tried to deal with . Though breakthroughs have been made in the treatment and prevention of some types of STDs , the Center for Disease Control (CDC ) believes that each year , an estimated 19 million are added to the roster of those suffering from STDs , mostly young women with ages ranging

from 15 to 24 years of age (CDC , 2006

Not only does this illness exact a heavy toll on these women in terms of psychological and physical burdens , the economy is also hit by this malady . Medical costs directly related to the treatment of STDs cost the United States 14 .7 billion (in 2006 . Though the figure is quite staggering , many of the cases go unreported , thus undocumented and undiagnosed (CDC , 2006 . Among the STDs , three seem to stand out among the lot-chlamydia , gonorrhoea and syphilis (CDC , 2006

The Big Three

Chlamydia

Commonly reported cases of STDs concern chlamydia (CDC , 2006 Chlamydia is easily treatable with the aid of antibiotics , but since the disease is not seen that early or asymptomatic (CDC , 2007 , it is often left undiagnosed (CDC , 2006 . In the state of Idaho , chlamydia cases are highest in the state 's 3rd and 4th districts , namely Caldwell and Boise tallying 233 and 330 cases respectively (Idaho Health , 2008 . This is relatively high compared to the 2006 statistics of the CDC which stood at 347 . 8 (per 100 ,000 population (CDC , 2006 . In the United States over 2 million cases of chlamydia were reported in 2006 . Though the increase would point to an uptake in infections , it could also point out increased efforts for screening and use of diagnostic tests (CDC , 2006 .Gonorrhoea

Gonorrhoea ranked number two among the STDs that is currently being dealt with in the United States (CDC , 2006 , coming in with 120 .9 cases per 100 ,000 population (CDC , 2006 . As is with chlamydia , the disease is also often undiagnosed and non-visible (CDC , 2006 . Left unattended , the disease can contribute to infertility and ec pregnancies among women and infertility among men (CDC , 2006 . In Idaho , the 3rd district registered the highest incidence with 7 cases in the first few months of 2008 (Idaho Health , 2008 . An increasing concern with gonorrhoea is its seeming resistance to drugs treatment and prevention (CDC , 2006 . Even with breakthroughs in new drugs and prevention , it has been stated that research must be taken to new levels to help stem the spread of this STD (CDC , 2006

Syphillis

The infection rate for this disease has picked up in recent years . In the time from 2005 to 2006 , it tallied an increase from 2 .9 cases picking 0 .4 points to reach 3 .3 cases per 100 ,000 cases in the United States (CDC , 2006 . The upswing came from an...