To: Destro
Center for Disease Control Facts
As many as 1 in 10 adolescent girls tested for chlamydia is infected.
Based on reports to CDC provided by states that collect age-specific data, teenage girls have the highest rates of chlamydial infection. In these states, 15- to 19-year-old girls represent 46% of infections and 20- to 24-year-old women represent another 33%. These high percentages are consistent with high rates of other STDs among teenagers.
Among women entering the Job Corps in 1997, chlamydia rates ranged from 4 - 14% by state (20,000 entrants are screened annually). Chlamydial infection is widespread geographically and highly prevalent among these economically disadvantaged young women between 16 and 24 years old.
Seems to me like the Army recruits are just the same as everyone else (1 in 10 or so), and likely cleaner.
3 posted on
09/06/2003 10:37:00 PM PDT by
TheAngryClam
(TOM McCLINTOCK is my choice for governor. He should be yours too.)
To: TheAngryClam
Of course they are, but liberals hate the military.
5 posted on
09/06/2003 10:39:36 PM PDT by
Porterville
(I spell stuff wrong sometimes, get over yourself, you're not that great.)
To: TheAngryClam
That was my question too - what is the rate in the general population? This study of course only dealt with the military population.
10 posted on
09/06/2003 10:59:39 PM PDT by
Let's Roll
(And those that cried Appease! Appease! are hanged by those they tried to please!")
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