County-Level Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Rates by Social Vulnerability, United States, 2014-2018

Casey E Copen; Laura T Haderxhanaj; Kaytlin J Renfro; Penny S Loosier

doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001667

County-Level Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Rates by Social Vulnerability, United States, 2014-2018

Sex Transm Dis. 2022 Dec 1;49(12):822-825. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001667. Epub 2022 Jul 4.

Authors

Casey E Copen¹, Laura T Haderxhanaj, Kaytlin J Renfro, Penny S Loosier

Affiliation

¹ From the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

Abstract

We examined mean chlamydia and gonorrhea case rates from 2014 to 2018 by categorizing US counties by social vulnerability. Overall, these rates were approximately 1.0 to 2.4 times higher in high vulnerability counties than low vulnerability counties. Percentage change in case rates from low to high social vulnerability counties varied by sex, geographic region, and urbanicity.

MeSH terms

Chlamydia Infections* / epidemiology
Chlamydia*
Gonorrhea* / epidemiology
Humans
Social Vulnerability
United States / epidemiology

Grants and funding

CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States