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Statistics
- It
is estimated that around 800,000 cases of gonorrhea occur
each year in the United States.
- The
cost of gonorrhea and its complications is around $1.1 billion
dollars each year.
- Pelvic
inflammatory disease (PID), caused by gonorrhea, affects
one million women every year.
- Cases
of gonorrhea infection increased by 9% from 1997 to 1999
in the United States.
- Gonorrhea
cases peaked in the 1970s, then decreased, and are now increasing
again.
- Teenage
girls account for the highest rates (percentage) of cases
of gonorrhea.
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