Experts Gather to Fight STDs

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Experts Gather to Fight STDs

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Online (www.jsonline.com) (12/04/00)
Marchione, Marilynn

Hundreds of health experts are gathering in Milwaukee this week for the National STD Prevention Conference, which is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Social Health Association. There are over 20 diseases that can be transmitted sexually, including HIV. According to the CDC, the age when people first have sex has dropped over the past 20 years, while the age when people first marry has increased. As a result, there are fewer monogamous relationships and greater risks for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) for young adults. The CDC's 1999 STD surveillance report shows that girls between the ages of 15 and 19, for example, had the highest rate of gonorrhea of all ages groups. CDC official Ronald Valdiserri noted that while recent statistics indicate "some very promising signs in certain STD trends," others are not so positive. "We believe that as many as two-thirds of all STDs occur in people under 25," he said.
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