What is Sexually Transmitted Diseases?
What is Sexually Transmitted Diseases?
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Various diseases spread by sexual contact.
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases: RAEB: The primary non-AIDS venereal disease studies supported by NCI are of cervical cancer. Code only studies related to cervical cancer causation and prevention, not detection or treatment.
Source - Diseases Database
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases: a communicable disease transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Introduction
Types of Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
Types of Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
Broader types of Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
How many people get Sexually Transmitted Diseases?
Prevalance of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: 65 million people living with an incurable STD (CDC)
Prevalance Rate of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: approx 1 in 4 or 23.90% or 65 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: 15.3 million annual cases (NIAID)
Incidence Rate of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: approx 1 in 17 or 5.62% or 15.3 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: In the United States, an estimated 15.3 million new cases of
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) occur each year, at least
one-quarter of them among teenagers. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Who gets Sexually Transmitted Diseases?
Patient Profile for Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Mostly teenagers and young adults; two thirds are younger than 25.
Profile for Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Approximately two-thirds of people who acquire STDs in the
United States are younger than 25. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
...
STDs affect men and women of all backgrounds and economic
levels. They are most prevalent among teenagers and young adults.
Nearly two-thirds of all STDs occur in people younger than 25
years of age.
(Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Gender Profile for Sexually Transmitted Diseases: More common in women.
Racial Information for Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Some sexually transmitted diseases are more prevalent among Latinas
than other women, too. In 1993, Latinas were five times as likely to
contract primary and secondary syphilis as non-Latina whites, and three
times more likely to contract gonorrhea. (Source: excerpt from Minority: NWHIC)
How serious is Sexually Transmitted Diseases?
Complications of Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
see complications of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
What causes Sexually Transmitted Diseases?
Causes of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: see causes of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Risk factors for Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
see
risk factors for Sexually Transmitted Diseases
What are the symptoms of Sexually Transmitted Diseases?
Symptoms of Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
see symptoms of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Complications of Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
see complications of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Can anyone else get Sexually Transmitted Diseases?
Contagion of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: STDs may be spread by various types of sexual behavior. Many are spread by secretions; some are spread simply by the close physical contact from sex. Many STDs are spread by other methods such as by blood and mother-to-fetus or mother-to-child.
More information:
see contagiousness of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
see treatments for Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
see prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Research for Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
see research for Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Society issues for Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Costs of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: approximately $17 billion including HIV (NIAID)
Costs of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: In the United States in 1994, approximately $10 billion was
spent on major STDs (other than HIV/AIDS) and their preventable
complications. This figure rises to approximately $17 billion if
sexually transmitted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections
are included. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Hospitalization statistics for Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
- 0.02% (2,840) of hospital episodes were for sexually transmitted infections in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.01% (5,229) of hospital bed days were for sexually transmitted infections in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 97% of hospital consultations for sexually transmitted infections required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 22% of hospital admissions for sexually transmitted infections required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 41% of hospital episodes for sexually transmitted infections were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
Organs and body systems related to Sexually Transmitted Diseases include:
Name and Aliases of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Main name of condition: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Other names or spellings for Sexually Transmitted Diseases:
STD, STDs, venereal diseases, sexually transmissible diseases, sexually transmitted infection, STI, STIs
Sexually transmitted disease, VD, Venereal disease, Sexually transmissable disease, STD
Source - Diseases Database
Venereal disease, VD, Social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, VD, Social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, Sexually transmitted disease
Source - WordNet 2.1
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