Montgomery has the seventh-highest rate of sexually transmitted disease in the country, according to a new study from online health and wellness guide Innerbody Research .
The study was conducted based on the latest data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and it found that the city has 1,323 STD cases per every 100,000 residents. That number is higher for Montgomery than it is for San Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Mich.; Little Rock, Ark. and Washington, D.C.
There were 3,252 reported cases of chlamydia, 80 reported cases of syphilis, 64 reported cases of HIV and 1,571 reported cases of gonorrhea.
Besides Montgomery, there is only one other Alabama city in the top 50, and that’s Mobile. The city had 1,234 STD cases per every 100,000 residents, 5,795 reported cases of chlamydia, 160 reported cases of syphilis, 91 reported cases of HIV and 1,944 reported cases of gonorrhea.
This is the seventh year that Innerbody has released the annual report, and it has continuously seen rises in STD rates, especially in the South.