Statistics

• Chlamydia is the most spread STD (sexually transmitted disease) in the USA
  In 1997 there were 537,904 reported diagnoses, corresponding to a rate of 205.5 per 100,000 population. However, by 2009 the annual total had more than doubled to 1,244,180 and the rate per 100,000 had risen to 409.2.
• Interesting fact is that chlamydia was spread among blacks was eight times bigger than whites and rates among American Indians/Alaska Natives and Hispanics were also higher than among whites.
• There is 3-4 million of new cases of people affected by chlamydia every year (it is most common among young adults and teenagers)
• It is called a Silent Epidemic because 75% of the women and 50% of the men with the disease have no symptoms.
• Infants can get the disease while their mother is pregnant and cause serious damage (making them blind or kill them)
• People with unthreated chlamydia are in potential danger of getting another disease as HIV or it may cause infertility or it may lead to spontaneous abortion
• 40% of chlamydia cases are reported among people 15-19 years old.
• Studies of symptom free people in various areas of the country show between 5-50% of those tested are infected with chlamydia.
• Geographically, Chlamydia is spread more in south than north
• Chlamydia has impact on economy of the USA, taking more than $2 billion every year