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Office of Women's Health > Publications > Women Count in Indiana > Women Count Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Females by Race Incidence of Sexuall Transmitted Diseases - Females by Race

Indiana (2000) vs. United States (1999)

INDIANA
(2000)		 UNITED STATES
(1999)
CHLAMYDIA White 5,051   147,171  
Black 5,588 221,408
Unknown 3,012   N/A  
Other 335 104,661
Total 13,986   537,003  
         
GONORRHEA White 1,275   33,801  
Black 4,072 131,572
Unknown 1,027   N/A  
Other 126 14,310
Total 6,500   179,534  
         
PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY
SYPHILIS		 White 28   428  
Black 304 2,177
Unknown 10   N/A  
Other 10 185
Total 352   2,790  
         
TOTAL STDS White 6,354   181,400  
Black 9,964 355,157
Unknown 4,049   N/A  
Other 471 119,156
Total 20,838   719,327  

Notes: "Other" includes Hispanic for U.S data. State total contains 51 cases of chlamydia and 14 cases of gonorrhea that could not be assigned to a county (chlamydia: 6 white, 15 black, 30 unknown; gonorrhea: 2 white, 4 black, 8 unknown). U.S. numbers do not add up to total. If age or race/ethnicity was not specified, cases were prorated to the distribution of cases for which these variables were specified. Differences between total cases from this table and others in the repoart are due to the different reporting forms.

Sources:
Indiana State Department of Health, Division of HIV/STD, STD/MIS Database STD Surveillance 1999, Centers for Disease Control for U.S. data

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