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Epidemiology
Sexually transmitted disease rates higher in blacks than whites in United States
August 28th, 2006
Sexually transmitted disease rates are higher in blacks than in whites in the United States. "Heterosexual transmission of HIV in the United States appears to be following the epidemiologic pattern of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as syphilis and gonorrhea, disproportionately affecting blacks in the Southeastern region. "Nationwide, rates of syphilis and gonorrhea are nearly 30 times higher in blacks than in whites, and this racial disparity underlies most of the regional and county-level differences in rates," investigators in the United States report. According to the authors, "The racial disparity cannot...
Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2006-08-28)
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