Six Alabama cities among top 100 in U.S. for STDs - AL.com

Six Alabama cities among top 100 in U.S. for STDs - AL.com

Six Alabama cities among top 100 in U.S. for STDs - AL.com

Posted: 15 May 2021 08:00 AM PDT

Sexually transmitted diseases across America are on the rise, and Alabama is no different.

A new report from Innerbody.com, a group dedicated to increasing awareness and knowledge about healthcare issues, shows six Alabama metropolitan areas are among the 100 worst in the country for STD rate. That includes one city in the top 10.

Innerbody.com examined data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on reports of HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.

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The Montgomery metro ranked No. 8 in the country with nearly 2,400 STD cases per 100,000 people. Many of the cities with the highest STD rates were in the South. Nineteen of the top 25 were Southern metros, including seven of the top 10.

Five other Alabama metros made the list - Birmingham (No. 35), Huntsville (No. 45), Mobile (No. 56), Tuscaloosa (No. 57) and Decatur (No. 69).

Birmingham, by far the largest metro in Alabama, had an STD rate of just over 1,500 cases per 100,000 people. Huntsville was just over 1,400 per 100,000, and Mobile was slightly below 1,300. Tuscaloosa was just below 1,300, while Decatur came in just below 1,200 cases per 100,000 people.

Read the full report from Innerbody.com here.

Do you have an idea for a data story about Alabama? Email Ramsey Archibald at rarchibald@al.com, and follow him on Twitter @RamseyArchibald. Read more Alabama data stories here.

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