I was told that students at Texas Tech University in Lubbock have the
highest rate of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the Country.  I would
be interested in a ranking of the colleges with highest rates of STDs
and where Texas Tech ranks.

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Clarification of Question by bwhit01-ga on 11 Oct 2005 09:31 PDT

How about the STD rate per capita for the Lubbock area and its ranking
compared to other cities.  I will consider this information to be good
enough.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 11 Oct 2005 12:38 PDT

Hello Bwhit01,

I can provide the following figures:

-  Chlamydia rates for Lubbock County (Rates are cases per 100,000 population)

-  Gonorrhea rates for Lubbock County (Rates are cases per 100,000 population)

-  Chlamydia rates for over 50 U.S. cities ranked by rates.  (Rates
are cases per 100,000 population)

-  Gonorrhea rates for over 50 U.S. cities ranked by rates. (Rates are
cases per 100,000 population)

Please let me know if this data would serve your purpose.

Thanks,
Bobbie7

Hello Bwhit01,

Thanks for letting me know the data I found would work for you. 


Chlamydia rates for Lubbock County 
Chlamydia Rate 2003: 496 
Chlamydia Rate 2002: 543

Statewide Rates
Statewide Chlamydia rate 2003: 314
Statewide Chlamydia rate 2002: 325

Rates are cases per 100,000 population


Gonorrhea rates for Lubbock County 
Gonorrhea Rate 2003: 179
Gonorrhea Rate 2002: 187

Statewide Rates
Statewide Gonorrhea rate 2003: 111
Statewide Gonorrhea rate 2002: 126
Rates are cases per 100,000 population


Source: page 16
Texas HIV/STD Surveillance Report

Download here:
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/hivstd/stats/pdf/qr20034.pdf

Other Texas HIV/STD Surveillance Reports
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/hivstd/stats/default.htm#surveillance


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Chlamydia rates for U.S. cities ranked by rates.  
(Rate per 100,000 population)

City                      Rate per 100,000 Population

Rochester, NY             1,219.6  
Philadelphia, PA          1,189.3  
Detroit, MI               1,102.2  
Richmond, VA              1,040.2  
St Louis, MO              1,035.0  
Baltimore, MD             1,004.2  
New Orleans, LA             987.0  
Kansas City, MO             954.3  
Milwaukee, WI               898.1  
Indianapolis, IN            760.3  
Chicago, IL                 760.2  
Minneapolis, MN             737.5  
Newark, NJ                  730.8  
Atlanta, GA                 726.8  
Buffalo, NY                 723.5  
Memphis, TN                 714.2  
Denver, CO                  667.9  
Boston, MA                  627.1  
St Paul, MN                 612.9  
Albuquerque, NM             590.9  
Oklahoma City, OK           579.3  
Dallas, TX                  569.4  
Jacksonville, FL            566.4  
Washington, DC              554.9  
Fort Worth, TX              541.2  
Cincinnati, OH              536.3  
Norfolk, VA                 528.4  
Omaha, NE                   523.5  
San Antonio, TX             518.4  
Honolulu, HI                508.7  
Austin, TX                  504.8  
Tulsa, OK                   493.1  
Nashville, TN               464.8  
Houston, TX                 453.7  
Corpus Christi, TX          445.6  
Portland, OR                442.0  
New York City, NY           437.5  
San Francisco, CA           436.1  
Charlotte, NC               412.8  
Sacramento, CA              408.1  
Birmingham, AL              408.1  
Toledo, OH                  407.9  
Los Angeles, CA             407.1  
Cleveland, OH               395.0  
Wichita, KS                 393.6  
Columbus, OH                382.3  
Jersey City, NJ             382.2  
Des Moines, IA              377.5  
El Paso, TX                 371.4  
San Diego, CA               358.9  
Dayton, OH                  349.7  
Oakland, CA                 331.5  
Pittsburgh, PA              328.8  
Louisville, KY              298.5  
Seattle, WA                 293.7  
Tampa, FL                   291.4  
San Jose, CA                278.1  
Tucson, AZ                  275.3  
Yonkers, NY                 265.0  
St Petersburg, FL           250.9  
Akron, OH  	                240.9  
Phoenix, AZ                 235.1  
Miami, FL                   190.0  

Table 6: 2003 Surveillance Report 
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats/tables/table6.htm 


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Gonorrhea rates for U.S. cities ranked by rates. 
(Rates are cases per 100,000 population)


City                      Rate per 100,000 Population

St Louis, MO              752.2  
Rochester, NY             663.4  
Richmond, VA              632.5  
Baltimore, MD             620.9  
New Orleans, LA           612.0  
Detroit, MI               586.3  
Kansas City, MO           559.1  
Newark, NJ                490.2  
Atlanta, GA               465.0  
Norfolk, VA               443.9  
Buffalo, NY               441.0  
Washington, DC            439.3  
Milwaukee, WI             405.5  
Cincinnati, OH            401.5  
Chicago, IL               392.7  
Philadelphia, PA          384.1  
Indianapolis, IN          369.6  
Memphis, TN               362.8  
Minneapolis, MN           352.3  
Oklahoma City, OK         333.2  
Charlotte, NC             302.5  
Dallas, TX                302.4  
Birmingham, AL            298.0  
Jacksonville, FL          294.1  
Cleveland, OH             287.7  
Dayton, OH                276.1  
Fort Worth, TX            269.3  
Tulsa, OK                 264.8  
Nashville, TN             261.4  
Omaha, NE                 245.6  
San Francisco, CA         236.8  
Columbus, OH              235.4  
Denver, CO                233.4  
Toledo, OH                219.0  
Louisville, KY            206.1  
St Paul, MN               198.7  
Boston, MA                197.4  
Houston, TX               194.2  
Jersey City, NJ           193.8  
Wichita, KS               188.3  
Austin, TX                180.8  
San Antonio, TX           176.7  
New York City, NY         169.2  
Tampa, FL                 155.9  
Akron, OH                 147.7  
Corpus Christi, TX        146.9  
St Petersburg, FL         141.6  
Pittsburgh, PA            136.2  
Sacramento, CA            133.6  
Honolulu, HI              126.8  
Yonkers, NY               117.6  
Albuquerque, NM           110.9  
Oakland, CA               109.8  
Portland, OR              104.2  
Des Moines, IA             96.7  
Los Angeles, CA            89.1  
Miami, FL                  82.0  
Phoenix, AZ                81.4  
Seattle, WA                76.8  
San Diego, CA              69.0  
Tucson, AZ                 53.3  
El Paso, TX                45.5  
San Jose, CA               43.1  

Table 16: 2003 Surveillance Report 
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats/tables/table16.htm


CDC Surveillance & Statistics
The data in the figures and tables in the most recent Surveillance
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/Stats_Trends/Stats_and_Trends.htm


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I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

I would be highly skeptical of any statistics on this, since I doubt
that accurate reports are likely to be available. When I was in
college, I knew of numerous girls in my dorm who had various STDs, but
I don't think any of them went to the college's own clinic for
diagnosis. When young people are diagnosed and treated by private
physicians or by public health facilities, the names of the colleges
they attend are not typically part of their medical records.

How about the STD rate per capita for the Lubbock area and its ranking
compared to other cities.  I will consider this information to be good
enough.

Yes, this information will work.