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News Briefs Canada: STD Rates of Teen Girls Higher Than for BoysOctober 31, 2002 A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information! The Youth in Canada study of 2.1 million young people released Wednesday shows that while few teenagers between 15 and 19 have AIDS, young women in this age group have the highest rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia in the country: 80 cases of gonorrhea per 100,000 in 1999; 1,139 cases of chlamydia per 100,000. "The incidence tends to be highest in young women, but it's very low in age groups over 25," said Colin Lindsay, the primary author of the study. For young men, the incidence of the diseases was lower -- 32 cases of gonorrhea per 100,000; 187 cases of chlamydia per 100,000. Star Phoenix (Saskatoon) 10.31.02; Canadian Press A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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