Health Department Biweekly Reports Folder 0066, 2000-2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani -3 - March 1, 2001

During National Condom Week, the Department of Health reminded sexually active New Yorkers to protect themselves against the risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV by practicing safe sex. The Department also presented previously published surveillance data that show STD trends in New York City over the past five years.

Over the past five years, rates of gonorrhea, hepatis B, and syphilis have declined 25%, 39%, and 64%, respectively. Chlamydia rates have remained virtually unchanged since 1995. Since rates can fluctuate from one year to the next, rates should be viewed over the course of several years rather than from one year to the next. Ur 9 () f 51 "G EG. c~ (.

Case Numbers of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis B, and Syphilis Per Annum .. kla.., va.t, r;+, 1Qon 2 100c-1000

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Chlamydia N/A* 26,500 26,454 27,700 26 vP Gonorrhea 35,236 16,361 12,998 14,194__( 1 00 Of Hepatitis B** 674 498 505 462 424 302

Syphilis 4,265 362 138 97 82 13d VQ 'chlamydia was not a manoatonry reportaoie wntuuun w um I'CW uu ..fly 'Calul =rte•••• ~••• ^• •-- - Approximately two-thirds of Hepatitis B cases are sexually transmitted. Approximately one-third of ses are spread through intravenous drug use and neo-natal transmission.

The Health Department administers a range of programs and services to combat the spread of STDs including: assisting medical providers in diagnosing and treating cases; providing outreach to infected persons and their partners; conducting screening programs; providing education and other prevention activities; and operating 10 STD clinics located across the City's five boroughs, which provide free and confidential STD examinations and treatment as well as HIV testing and counseling, on a walk-in basis. Patients receive free condoms at the Department of Health's STD clinics.

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