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Sexually communicable diseases have reached a height of all the times for the sixth year in a row, the disease control and prevention centers reported in a report this week.

"Less than 20 years ago, gonorrhea rates in the United States were at historic low, syphilis was close to the elimination and advanced diagnosis of Chlamydia have facilitated the detection of infections. This progress has been lost, in part to challenges to our public health. System, "noted Raul Romaguera, Acting Director of the CDC STD Prevention Division, in a statement.

According to the CDC:

• Chlamydia has increased by 20% since 2015, totalingMore than 1.8 millioncase in 2019.
• Gonorrhea increased by more than 50% at the same time, reaching 616,000 cases in 2019.
• Syphilis has increased by more than 70% since 2015, totaling nearly 130,000 cases in 2019.

These three STDs accounted for nearly 2.6 million cases in 2019, about 2.5 million years the previous year.

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Certain groups particularly affected

Two trends show that STDs disproportionately affect young people. Cases ofCongenital syphilis-What is transmitted from the mother to the child during pregnancy - has increased by 279% since 2015. In 2019, 128 infants died of congenital syphilis, and nearly 2,000 reported cases. The same year, more than 55% of STD cases have been reported by adolescents and young adults aged 15 to 24 years.

Minorities are also affected disproportionately by STDs. In 2109,STD rates were five to eight times higher for blacks only for whites and 1 to 2 times higher for Hispanic people as for whites. Gais and bisexual men reported nearly half of the case of syphilis in 2019.

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Why does this happen?

The reason is disappear access to sexual health education and quality health care, the CDC said. "In the higher prevalence communities of the STDs, with each sexual encounter, people face a greater chance of meeting an infected partner than those of lower prevalence settings, regardless of similar sexual behavior models", said the report of the Agency. "Recognizing inequalities in STD rates is a first step in the empowerment of affected groups and the public health community to collaborate in the fight against systemic inequalities in the burden of disease - with the ultimate goal. to minimize impacts on the health of STDs on individuals and populations. "

Although the report covered 2019, which preceded a small locking year and a reduced socialization caused by the pandemic, the CDC stated that the preliminary data of 2020 show that STD STD increases can continue. And to cross this pandemic with your healthiest, do not miss these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.