{"id":38040,"date":"2025-07-26T05:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T05:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/38040\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T05:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T05:36:08","slug":"carolinas-ranked-among-highest-in-std-rates-report-finds-wsoc-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/38040\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolinas ranked among highest in STD rates, report finds \u2013 WSOC TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">The Carolinas rank among the worst in the country for sexual transmitted disease cases, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invigormedical.com\/lifestyle\/std-infection-rates-by-county-state\/#which-states-have-the-highest-std-rates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.invigormedical.com\/lifestyle\/std-infection-rates-by-county-state\/#which-states-have-the-highest-std-rates\">new report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">Invigor Medical, a telehealth company, analyzed CDC data and ranked the top 10 states with the highest STD infection rates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">North Carolina was No. 7, South Carolina was No. 8, and Louisiana was No. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">In the large counties category, Mecklenburg County ranked No. 5 as an \u201cSTD Hotspot\u201d with the highest infection rates beating out Fulton County, Georgia, Philadelphia County and New York County<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">Mecklenburg County overall STD rates (per 100,000 people):<\/p>\n<p>Total STD cases: 1,388.9Chlamydia: 873.8Gonorrhea: 390.5Syphilis: 96.7HIV: 27.9<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">Researchers said southern states seem to rank higher as they face challenges with STD prevention citing gaps in healthcare access and limited sexual health education. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">They also said STD cases tend to peak during the summer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">The data in the report can help identify trends and patterns in STD infections, which may be influenced by factors such as population density, access to healthcare, and public health initiatives. Understanding these patterns is essential for developing strategies to reduce the spread of STDs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.invigormedical.com\/lifestyle\/std-infection-rates-by-county-state\/#which-states-have-the-highest-std-rates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.invigormedical.com\/lifestyle\/std-infection-rates-by-county-state\/#which-states-have-the-highest-std-rates\">Click here<\/a> for more information and date on this study.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carolinas rank among the worst in the country for sexual transmitted disease cases, according to a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[97,31135,31136,5497],"class_list":["post-38040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-invigor","tag-std","tag-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}