What are the most common STIs?
Chlamydia: Genital chlamydia infection is the most commonly reported bacterial STI in the United States. The CDC estimates that 2.8 million new cases of chlamydia occur each year. The CDC reports that women have reported rates of chlamydia infection three times higher than men. Additionally, African American women have rates of chlamydia infection seven times higher than white women. Even though chlamydia can be treated cheaply and easily once it is diagnosed, as many as 75 percent of women with chlamydia infections are asymptomatic and therefore may go undiagnosed and untreated. Untreated, chlamydia can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in women, which can cause short or long term damage, such as fever, vaginal discharge, chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, or infertility. Genital Herpes: An estimated 45 million people in the United States are infected with genital herpes. Rates of herpes infection are on the rise with approximately 1 million new cases each year. Women are
