Chicagoans are Three Times more likely to contract Gonorrhea

Chicago’s young adults have some of the highest sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates in the nation. Chicagoans are twice as likely to be infected with chlamydia and nearly three times more likely to have gonorrhea then residents living in other areas of the U.S.

“One of the trends we’ve been seeing over the past few years is that there are younger individuals that are being affected, especially by chlamydia and gonorrhea,” said Dr. Michael Angarone, physician at Northwestern’s STI clinic. “We have to look at what we are missing in terms of education about prevention from STIs.”

People aged 13 to 24 account for approximately 60 percent of gonorrhea cases and nearly 67 percent of chlamydia cases. And the problem is particularly apparent in Chicago, which had the second highest rate of both these STDs in the nation, second only to Philadelphia.

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