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			<title>New STD Report Finds Some Progress, High Costs for U.S.</title>
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MONDAY, Nov. 22 -- The approximately 19 million new sexually transmitted disease (STD) infections that occur each year in the United States cost the health care system about $16.4 billion annually, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its annual STD report released Monday.
The data for 2009 shows a continued high burden of STDs but there are some signs of progress, according to the report, which focuses on chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.
The national rate of reported gonorrhea cases stands at 99 cases per 100,000 people, its lowest level since record keeping started in 1941, and cases are declining among all racial/ethnic groups (down 17 percent since 2006).
Since 2006, chlamydia infections have increased 19 percent to about 409 per 100,000 people. However,...
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			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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