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Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 1995
Division of STD Prevention September 1996 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention Division of STD Prevention Atlanta, Georgia 30333 Copyright Information All material contained in this report is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without special permission; citation to source, however, is appreciated. Suggested Citation Division of STD Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 1995. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 1996. Copies can be obtained from Information Technology and Services Office, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E-06, Atlanta, Georgia 30333 or by telephone at (404) 639-1819. The reports for 1993 through 1995 are now available electronically on CDC WONDER. For information about registering for CDC WONDER, please contact CDC's Information Resource Management Office at (404) 332-4569. These reports are also available from the Internet via the CDC home page address http://www.cdc.gov. Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- Hospitalizations for acute and chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) have declined since the early 1980's (Figure_28). Initial visits to physicians' offices for PID declined from 1993 to 1995 (Figure_29). In 1993, an estimated 313,000 women aged 15-44 years were diagnosed with PID in emergency departments (National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, NCHS). -- Since 1987, reported cases of chancroid have declined steadily (Table_1, Figure_31). -- Comprehensive surveillance data for non-gonococcal urethritis, genital herpes simplex virus, human papillomavirus, and trichomoniasis are not available. Ongoing trend data are limited to estimates of trends in physicians' office practices provided by the National Disease and Therapeutic Index (Figure_30, Figure_32, Figure_33, Figure_34). Figure_28. Pelvic inflammatory disease -- Hospitalizations of women 15-44 years of age: United States, 1980-1993 Figure_29. Pelvic inflammatory disease -- Initial visits to physicians' offices by women 15-44 years of age: United States, 1980-1995 and the Healthy People year 2000 objective Figure_30. Nonspecific urethritis -- Initial visits to physicians' offices by men: United States, 1966-1995 Figure_31. Chancroid -- Reported cases: United States, 1981-1995 Figure_32. Human papillomavirus (genital warts) -- Initial visits to physicians' offices: United States, 1966-1995 and the Healthy People year 2000 objective Figure_33. Genital herpes simplex virus infections -- Initial visits to physicians' offices: United States, 1966-1995 and the Healthy People year 2000 objective Figure_34. Trichomonal and other vaginal infections -- Initial visits to physicians' offices: United States, 1966-1995
