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Table A1. Healthy People 2010 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Objective Status

  HP 2010 Objectives Baseline Year Baseline 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 HP 2010 Target
                     
25-1 Reduce the proportion of adolescents and young adults with Chlamydia trachomatis infections                  
                     
  a. Females aged 15 to 24 years attending family planning clinics
1997 5.0% 5.0%* 6.1%* 5.6%* 5.9%* 5.8%* 6.0%* 3.0%
 
b. Females aged 15 to 24 years attending STD clinics

1997 12.2% 12.2%* 13.5%* 13.7%* 13.5%* 13.3%* 13.5%* 3.0%
  c. Males aged 15 to 24 years attending STD clinics 1997 15.7% 15.7%* 16.9%* 17.0%* 16.4%* 17.0%* 17.5%* 3.0%
                     
25-2 Reduce gonorrhea (cases per 100,000 population) 1997 123.0 122.4 131.9 132.3 129.0 128.5 125.0 19.0
                     
25-3 Eliminate sustained domestic transmission of primary and secondary syphilis (cases per 100,000 population) 1997 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.4 0.2
                     
25-4 Reduce the proportion of adults aged 20 to 29 years with genital herpes infection 1988-94 17.0% NA NA NA NA NA NA 14.0%
                     
25-6 Reduce the proportion of females aged 15 to 44 years who have ever required treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) 1995 8.0% NA NA NA NA NA NA 5.0%
                     
25-7 Reduce the proportion of childless females with fertility problems who have had a sexually transmitted disease or who have required treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) 1995 27.0% NA NA NA NA NA NA 15.0%
                     
25-9 Reduce congenital syphilis (cases per 100,000 live births) 1997 27.0 27.8 21.3 14.5 14.1 12.2 10.2 1.0

 

HP 2010 Objective   Data Source 
25-1 STD Surveillance System, CDC, NCHSTP.
25-2 STD Surveillance System, CDC, NCHSTP.
25-3 STD Surveillance System, CDC, NCHSTP.
25-4 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS.
25-6 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), CDC, NCHS.
25-7 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), CDC, NCHS.
25-9 STD Surveillance System, CDC, NCHSTP.

*Positivity not adjusted for changes in laboratory test method and associated increases in test sensitivity.

NOTE: Healthy People 2010 developmental objectives are not addressed in this report.

NA=Not available