The lack of quality sex education in the United States helps explain why the number of sexually trasmitted disease (STD) patients has increased at a rapid pace recently. Despite numerous studies and recommendation on sexual education, many cities and states in the U.S. still focus on exclusively teaching abstinence rather than comprehensive sexual education.
This spike in STDs leads us to rank the cities with the highest STD rate per every 100,000 people.
**Please keep in mind that this list always changes from year to year. And this list is not exclusive to only HIV.
A list of HIV and AIDS cities is a different list and available here.**
Top 20 Cities With The Highest STD Rates according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC):
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No. 20: Pulaski, Arkansas
Population in the area is 386,106 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 284 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 801 in 100,000 people
No. 19: Richland, South Carolina
Population in the area is 389,708 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 236 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 845 in 100,000 people
No. 18: Leon, Florida
Population in the area is 278,624 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 189 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 903 in 100,000 people
No. 17: Hamilton, Ohio
Population in the area is 802,481 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 295 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 820 in 100,000 people
No. 16: Peoria, Illinois
Population in the area is 187,117 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 336 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 824 in 100,000 people
No. 15: Wayne, Michigan
Population in the area is 1,804,506 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 369 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 978 in 100,000 people
No. 14: Amarillo, Texas
Population in the area is 199,826 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 431 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 894 in 100,000 people
No. 13: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Population in the area is 950.527 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 329 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 1,054 in 100,000 people
No. 12: Monroe, Louisiana
Population in the area is 99,919 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 390 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 1,053 in 100,000 people
No. 11: Marion, Indiana
Population in the area is 912,242 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 360 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 1,100 in 100,000 people
Now...let's look at the top 10:
No. 10: Bronx, New York
Population in the area is 1,397,315 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 257 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 1,209 in 100,000 people
No. 9: Cumberland, North Carolina
Population in the area is 322,033 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 361 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 1,107 in 100,000 people
No. 8: Baltimore, Maryland
Population in the area is 621,445 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 313 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 1,242 in 100,000 people
No. 7: Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Population in the area is 357,013 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 388 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 1,162 in 100,000 people
No. 6: Bell, Texas
Population in the area is 316,144 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 348 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 1,237 in 100,000 people
No. 5: Richmond, Virginia
Population in the area is 207,878 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 360 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 1,311 in 100,000 people
No. 4: Hinds, Mississippi
Population in the area is 246,300 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 547 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 1,238 in 100,000 people
No. 3: Montgomery, Alabama
Population in the area is 228,980
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 563 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 1,252 in 100,000 people
No. 2: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Population in the area is 1,536,704 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 471 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 1,344 in 100,000 people
No. 1: St. Louis, Missouri
Population in the area is 318,955 people
Calculated Gonorrhea Rate: 554 in 100,000 people
Calculated Chlamydia Rate: 1,283 in 100,000 people
As you can see, St. Louis holds the first place in cities with most STD patients at this point. Seeing these numbers, one may assume that people there practice plenty of unprotected sex, despite their sex education.
