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# April is STD Awareness month: What you need to know about STDs
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/april_is_std_awareness_month_1004100232/
- Published: 2010-04-10T15:31:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:07:01.000Z
- Description: CDC figures show 19 million new STD cases a year in the US, half in people aged 15 to 24, and $16.4 billion in annual direct medical costs. Blacks account for about half of chlamydia and syphilis cases, and untreated STDs leave 24,000 women infertile each year.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Miscellaneous, Health News, STD, #vivvo-import

The CDC provides some basics about STD in the STD Awareness Month. Here is a brief summary.

19 million of new cases of STDs are recorded each year in the United States and 50 percent of them are people aged 15 to 24.

Direct medical costs associated with STDs in the United States are estimated at $16.4 billion each year.

More than 1.5 million cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea were reported to CDC in 2008, making the two most commonly reported infectious diseases in the U.S.

Blacks are more likely to suffer STDs. They represent 12 percent of the U.S. population, but they account for about 50 % of chlamydia and syphilis cases and more than 70% of all gonorrhea cases.

CDC data shows women are more likely than men to be infected with herpes, particularly black women.

CDC estimates that STDs when untreated result in infertility in 24,000 women in the United States each year.

Vaccines against hepatitis B and human papillomavirus (HPV) are available.

Chlamydia is one of the most common STDs particularly among young women. Treatment of chlamydia can reduce new cases of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) by up to 60%. Women with PID can experience pregnancy complications, infertility, chronic pain and irreversible damage to their reproductive organs.

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Source and photo courtesy: CDC