Top 10 States With Highest Cases of Chlamydia for 2009

Chlamydia is known as a human sexually transmitted disease or STD that is a result of the bacterium known as Chlamydia trachomatis. This is said to be damaging to a woman’s reproductive organ especially in severe cases. The sad truth about this STD is that there are no symptoms. If there are any, Chlamydia symptoms will manifest within one to three weeks after infection.

In the United States, there are a total of 529,973 cases reported in 2009. The top 10 states infected by the STD for the same year are as follows:

1. California. In 2009, there were a total of 63,019 Chlamydia cases reported in this US State. This is 76.65% of the total reported for the Pacific area and 11.89% of the total for the entire nation. The total is.12% of California’s total population of over 36.9 million.

2. Texas. With 45,511 incidents, Texas ranks number two to California in terms of the number of Chlamydia Cases in the country. This is 8.59% of the total reported population with this STD in the US while it is 66.90% of the total cases reported for the W.S. Central area of the country. Texas cases are.18% of the total population of around 24.7 million.

3. New York. There are a total of 37,293 cases reported in the state broken down into 12,291 cases for New York Upstate and 25,002 for New York City. This is equivalent to 7.04% of the total population and 56.11% of the 66,455 cases for the Mid Atlantic. This is.19% of New York’s 19.5 million total population.

4. Florida. Reporting 31,964 cases in 2009, Florida ranks fourth in the nation’s overall total representing 6.03% of the total population affected by the STD. Within the South Atlantic region where it belongs, this is around 29.21% of the 109,441 reported cases. This represents.17% of Florida’s total population of around 18.5 million.

5. Illinois. The state reported a total of 26,647 Chlamydia cases for 2009, equivalent to 5.02% of the total population inflicted with the disorder. As for its specific area in E.N. Central, the total for Illinois represents 30.50% of the 87,369 reported cases for the previous year. This is.20% of Illinois’ 13 million residents.

6. Ohio. Ohio has 20,897 cases for the year 2009, which is 3.94% of the total reported cases in the US. It ranks second to Illinois in the E.N. Central area with 23.92% cases in the said region. This number is representative of.18% of Ohio’s total population.

7. Michigan. Also belonging to the E.N. Central Region, Michigan ranks third to Illinois and Ohio with a total of 20,510 Chlamydia cases. This is 23.48% of the cases in the region and is 3.87% of the total reported in the US. This is.21% of Michigan’s total population of 9.969 million.

8. Pennsylvania. Ranking second to the number of Chlamydia cases reported in the Mid Atlantic, Pennsylvania has 18,425 cases for 2008. This represents 3.48% of the country’s total and 27.73% of the total for the region. This is.15% of the 12.6 million Pennsylvanian residents.

9. North Carolina. The state ranks second to Florida in terms of the number of cases reported in the South Atlantic region. North Carolina has 18,269 cases representing 3.45% of the total for the US and 16.69% of the total for the region. This is equal to.19% of North Carolina’s total population of 9.38 million.

10. Georgia. Also belonging to the South Atlantic region, Georgia has 18,205 reported Chlamydia cases. This is equivalent to 3.44% of the total reported for the country and 16.63% of the total reported for the region. This is.19% of Georgia’s 9.829 million residents.

Chlamydia cases have been fast rising in a lot of US States. In fact, as of the close of the 22nd week ending June 5, 2010, there are already 417,256 cases reported as per MMWR. If this will double by the end of the year, then that is an indication that the numbers are around 150% of what were reported in the previous year.

This Article is written by Lena M Butler, from TestCountry the contributor of TestCountry Articles. More information on the subject is at http://www.testcountry.org, and resources from other home health and wellness testing articles are used such as Home HIV Test Kits