The Impact Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases On Minority Populations

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Moran, J S ; Aral, S O ; Jenkins, W C ; Peterman, T A ; Alexander, E R
• Description:
  Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are more prevalent among some minority populations in the U.S. than they are among the white majority. Primary and secondary syphilis occurs 45 times as often among non-Hispanic blacks as among non-Hispanic whites and 13 times as often among Hispanics as among non-Hispanic whites, according to morbidity reports received in 1988 by the Centers for Disease Control. Gonorrhea is reported more commonly among some minorities, with 1988 rates per 100,000 population being 54 for whites, 1,801 for blacks, and 201 for Hispanics. The reasons for the higher incidence of STD among some minorities are unknown. Data on racial differences in behavior and disease susceptibility are meager and do not account for the observed differences. Poverty, which is more common among some minorities than among the white majority, is closely associated with the prevalence of STD and may be a link between membership in a minority population and an increased risk.
• Subjects:
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • Chlamydia Infections
  • Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Ethnicity
  • Female
  • Gonorrhea
  • Hepatitis B
  • Herpes Simplex
  • Humans
  • Minority Groups
  More +
• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 104(6):560-565
• Pubmed ID:
  2511588
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North America
• Volume:
  104
• Issue:
  6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/63379/cdc_63379_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.50 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:771bd4288fb3f557a5d6acf992bcd1b0cd9c08638b00dc1ab42b9859f03e1971