Chlamydia
Figure S. Chlamydia — Rates of Reported Cases by Race, Hispanic Ethnicity, and Sex, United States, 2017
During 2013–2017, rates of reported chlamydia cases increased among all racial and Hispanic ethnicity groups. Specifically, rates increased 3.7% among American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN), 29.6% among Asians, 6.1% among Blacks, 19.4% among Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders (NHOPI), 20.2% among Whites, 59.9% among Multirace, and 10.5% among Hispanics (
Figure 8).
Figure T. Chlamydia — Rate Ratios Among Women Aged 15–24 Years by Race, Hispanic Ethnicity, and Region, United States, 2017
Blacks — In 2017, the overall rate of reported chlamydia cases among Blacks in the United States was 1,175.8 cases per 100,000 population (
Table 11B). The rate of reported chlamydia cases among Black women was 5.0 times the rate among White women (1,419.9 and 283.3 cases per 100,000 females, respectively) (
Figure S and
Table 11B). The rate of reported chlamydia cases among Black men was 6.6 times the rate among White men (907.3 and 137.1 cases per 100,000 males, respectively). Rates of reported cases of chlamydia were highest for Blacks aged 15–19 and 20–24 years in 2017 (
Table 11B). The rate of reported chlamydia cases among Black women aged 15–19 years (6,771.6 cases per 100,000 females) was 4.5 times the rate among White women in the same age group (1,518.5 cases per 100,000 females). The rate of reported chlamydia cases among Black women aged 20–24 years was 3.6 times the rate among White women in the same age group (6,971.7 and 1,936.0 cases per 100,000 females, respectively) (
Table 11B). Among females aged 15–24 years, the population targeted for screening, rates were highest among Blacks in all US regions (
Figure T).
Similar racial disparities in reported chlamydia rates exist among men. Among men aged 15–19 years, the rate of reported chlamydia cases among Blacks was 8.9 times the rate among Whites (2,589.3 and 291.5 cases per 100,000 males, respectively) (
Table 11B). The rate of reported chlamydia cases among Black men aged 20–24 years was 5.0 times the rate among White men of the same age group (3,627.4 and 726.8 cases per 100,000 males, respectively).
American Indians/Alaska Natives — In 2017, the rate of reported chlamydia cases among AI/AN was 781.2 cases per 100,000 population (
Table 11B). Overall, the rate of reported chlamydia cases among AI/AN in the United States as 3.7 times the rate among Whites.
Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders — In 2017, the rate of reported chlamydia cases among NHOPI was 715.4 cases per 100,000 population (
Table 11B). The overall rate of reported chlamydia cases among NHOPI was 3.4 times the rate among Whites and 5.5 times the rate among Asians.
Hispanics — In 2017, the rate of reported chlamydia cases among Hispanics was 404.1 cases per 100,000 population, which was 1.9 times the rate among Whites (
Table 11B).
Asians — In 2017, the rate of reported chlamydia cases among Asians was 129.6 cases per 100,000 population (
Table 11B). The overall rate of reported chlamydia cases among Whites was 1.6 times the rate among Asians.
Gonorrhea
Figure U. Gonorrhea — Rates of Reported Cases by Race, Hispanic Ethnicity and Sex, United States, 2017
During 2013–2017, rates of reported gonorrhea cases increased 176.6% among Multirace persons (27.8 to 76.9 cases per 100,000 population), 122.4% among Asians (15.6 to 34.7 cases per 100,000 population), 109.1% among NHOPI (89.8 to 187.8 cases per 100,000 population), 100.6% among Whites (33.1 to 66.4 cases per 100,00 population), 95.3% among AI/AN (154.6 to 301.9 cases per 100,000 population), 77.4% among Hispanics (64.1 to 113.7 cases per 100,000 population), and 36.2% among Blacks (402.3 to 548.1 cases per 100,000 population) (
Figure 22).
Figure V. Gonorrhea — Rate Ratios by Race, Hispanic Ethnicity, and Region, United States, 2017
Blacks — In 2017, the overall rate of reported gonorrhea cases among Blacks in the United States was 548.1 cases per 100,000 population (
Table 22B). The rate of reported gonorrhea cases among Blacks in 2017 was 8.3 times the rate among Whites (66.4 cases per 100,000 population) (
Table 22B). In 2017, this disparity was similar for Black men (8.9 times the rate among White men) and Black women (7.6 times the rate among White women) (
Figure U,
Table 22B). As in previous years, the disparity in gonorrhea rates for Blacks in 2017 was larger in the Midwest and Northeast than in the South and West (
Figure V).